§ 60. Lieut.-Commander Joynson-Hicksasked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the special transport difficulties in supplying foodstuffs to our prisoners of war in Germany, dehydrated foods and vitamin tablets are included in the consignments under delivery; and what proportion of the consignment they represent.
§ Sir J. GriggThe suggestion of my hon. and gallant Friend will certainly be borne in mind, but the efforts of the International Red Cross Committee and S.H.A.E.F., of which the House is already aware, are at the moment concentrated on developing means of transport to get to the prisoners supplies in the form they already know and understand, namely, standard food and medical parcels from the National Red Cross Societies concerned. Large stocks of these are already in Switzerland. The House will be glad to know that the first lorry convoy from Switzer- 637 land reached its destination and distributed food parcels to some 18,000 British and United States prisoners in Bohemia, and that further convoys are now on their way from Geneva.
§ Sir William DavisonNow that the Germans have allowed certain lorries to take a large quantity of parcels from Switzerland, could the War Office now give a few more lorries for this Red Cross purpose?
§ Sir J. GriggI have already made it clear in the House, as has my hon. and learned Friend the Financial Secretary, that as far as we are concerned, we will make available all the lorries which the International Red Cross are able to use.