§ 14. Mr. Dribergasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the difficulties of a German prisoner of war in England, of whose name and camp he has been notified, who, as a member of the Society of Friends and the German Social Democratic Party, left Germany in 1933, married a Dutch woman and set up a home and business in Holland, where his children were born and still reside, but is now not permitted by the Dutch authorities to return to Holland; and if he will make representations to the Netherlands Government with a view to assisting this man's repatriation to Holland instead of to Germany and the consequent resumption of his interrupted family and professional life.
§ Mr. BevinI am aware of this case. The decision as to which German citizens are accepted into Holland is clearly one for the Netherlands Government, and I do not think we should be justified in intervening.
§ Mr. DribergWhile obviously the decision is one for the Dutch Government, could not my right hon. Friend make representations in regard to this particularly hard case, in view of this man's very good record and the hardship caused to his wife and family?
§ Mr. BevinI have taken it up in a friendly way twice, but they have given their decision and I cannot intervene again.