§ 4. Mr. Tinkerasked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the anxiety caused by letters being returned to relatives of serving soldiers overseas because the unit has moved on and the address to where they have gone is not 1799 known, so the letters fail to reach them; and what steps are taken to ensure the correspondence reaching its destination.
§ Sir J. GriggMy hon. Friend will be aware of the great difficulties there are in forwarding mail to men who go into hospital or change their units, but very extensive arrangements have been made to meet these difficulties. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for forwarding to me two letters which have been returned to sender. Enquiries are being made to establish whether they could reasonably have been reposted to reach the addressee.
§ Mr. TinkerI have asked this Question only to draw attention to the matter, so that people will know we are watching this sort of thing and endeavouring to put it right.