§ 43. Mr. Cocksasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has yet received a report from the Legal Commission sent to Greece, and in particular, if it shows how many Greek prisoners have been released under the law for the de-congestion of the prisons, of 10th December, 1945; and how many still remain incarcerated out of the 16,826 in gaol on 23rd August, 1945.
§ Mr. BevinThe report of the Legal Mission is now being communicated to the Greek Government, and I will arrange for its publication as soon as they have had time to consider it. The Report gives the text of the law for the decongestion of prisons which was passed on 21st December, 1945, but it does not give the figures of releases since it was completed before the law took effect. The latest available figures show that 3,501 persons had been released under the provisions of the law up to 14th March. The Report does not state how many of the men in prison on 23rd August, 1945, are still detained, and I have no information on this point.