§ 34. Mr. Peter Freemanasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that on 30th November last at Teramni, the President General of the Pro-Reunion to Ethiopia Party was prevented from appearing before the Four Power Foreign Ministers' Deputies' Inquiry Commission to present his protest to the Commission, on account of police violence to members of his party, including the Venerable Abbot of Enda Abuna Ebranios, the Abbot of Enda Abuna Ionas, the Reverend Father Twelde Mehin and the Reverend Father Fessahaie, who had assembled to give their evidence to the Commission; and whether he will arrange for an impartial tribunal to investigate this and other charges concerning the administration during the Four Power Foreign Ministers' Deputies' Inquiry in Eritrea.
§ Mr. ShinwellI was not aware of the facts alleged in the Question, but I have called for a report from the military authorities overseas and I will write to my hon. Friend when it has been received.