§ 18. Mr. Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the high incidence of tuberculosis among the inmates of the prisons of Germany; if he is satisfied that the medical attention given to these people is of a satisfactory standard; and what is he doing to improve it.
§ Mr. MayhewThe administration of German prisons is a German responsibility. I am having inquiries made and I will write to my hon. Friend shortly.
§ Mr. Joynson-HicksWould the hon. Gentleman, when he is making his report on this matter, bear in mind that the incidence of tuberculosis among displaced persons in Germany is higher than among the German people themselves?
§ Mr. ScollanWill my hon. Friend compare these figures when he gets them from Germany with the rising figures of tuberculosis in Scotland?
§ Mr. AwberyCan my hon. Friend say if the doctors in the prisons are responsible to the German authorities or to the British authorities?
§ Mr. MayhewI think that they would come under German administrators.