§ 63. Mr. Keelingasked the Secretary of State for War how soon gardeners and others in the service of the Imperial War Graves Commission will be allowed to rejoin their families in France and Belgium; and whether, in the meantime, the families are receiving financial aid.
§ Sir J. GriggThe Commission are now in consultation with the French and Belgian authorities with a view to the return of the Commission's staff to France and Belgium at the earliest possible date. The answer to the second part of the Question is, Yes, Sir.
§ Mr. KeelingWill my right hon. Friend agree that a British subject with a prewar job and a pre-war wife in France or Belgium ought to have the same priority for his return, as Frenchmen and Belgians, some of whom have already returned?
§ Sir J. GriggI do not think that that question is one for me.