§ 15. Dr. Segalasked the Secretary of State for War what saving in Service personnel is likely to result from the projected closing down of parts of the camps at Xylotimbou and Caraolos in Cyprus.
§ Mr. ShinwellThe number of Service personnel required to maintain and guard the camps cannot be related in direct proportion to the number of internees remaining inside the camps. There has, however, recently been a saving in the number of troops employed on these duties.
§ Dr. SegalCould not a very substantial number of troops be released if both these camps were closed down and the troops themselves relieved from duties which are as irksome as any that British troops have ever had to perform?
§ Mr. ShinwellThat is quite another question.