§ 42. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will arrange that Service men in Korea and Malaya who get few letters from home may receive correspondence through reputable welfare channels from suitable persons in this country.
§ Mr. HeadI know what it means to have letters when one is far from home and I am in sympathy with the hon. and gallant Member's suggestion. I understand that the Women's Voluntary Services have already helped in this way and I will find out if there is more that can be done.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonIs the Minister aware that, while I am grateful to him for his reply, there are many well disposed people in this country who would be only too glad to send local papers and letters to troops serving overseas and that it should not be too difficult to arrange something with the Women's Voluntary Service and other organisations?
§ Mr. HeadI think the hon. and gallant Member will agree that this is the kind of thing best done not from the War Office but from some voluntary organisation.