§ 31. Mr. Fernyhoughasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps are being taken to recapture the German war criminals Hans Kühn and Wilhelm Kuppe who escaped four months ago from the British prison at Werl.
§ Mr. Selwyn LloydThe search for these two war criminals continues.
§ Mr. FernyhoughIs the Minister of State aware that the Bonn Government gave instructions in late November that no further steps should be taken to try to recapture these war criminals? Is he aware that these men have been tried and convicted of brutal crimes committed during the war, and in view of the refusal of the Bonn Government to make any attempt to recapture them, does he not think that makes a sorry sham and a mockery of Dr. Adenauer's protest at our arrest of war criminals—or rather of Nazis—now?
§ Mr. LloydI will make no comment on what the hon. Member has said, except to say that at the present time we are receiving co-operation from the German authorities.
§ Mr. ErrollIs the Minister satisfied with the competence of the present administration of these prisons?
§ Mr. FernyhoughCan the Minister say when the Bonn Government again refused to co-operate in trying to recapture these men?
§ Mr. LloydI prefer to limit myself to what I have said, that at the present time we are receiving co-operation from the German authorities.