§ 15. Sir Herbert Williamsasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make inquiries into the circumstances in which an arrangement was made between his Department and Cable and Wireless, Limited, in accordance with which 17 employees of that firm were engaged for censorship duties in Hong Kong; and whether he will call for a full report in respect of the treatment of those men, with a view to those who have returned to England receiving forthwith full allowances due to them and also with a view to provision for reimbursement, when they are released, to those who are at present prisoners of war?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information (Mr. Thurtle)I have been asked to reply. Yes, Sir. The matter is being investigated.