Mr. CATHCART WASONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state why persons of German nationality who have been interned have not been allowed to communicate with their friends; and if assurance can be given that the wives, many of whom are of British nationality, are provided with sufficient means of support?
§ Mr. McKENNAI understand that interned Germans are allowed to communicate with their friends. If my hon. Friend has in mind any case in which he thinks such communication has been prevented, he should refer the case to the War Office. The wives of interned Germans can, if in necessitous circumstances, obtain relief under the Poor Law, and in the case of women of British and neutral origin grants in aid of the Poor Law Funds are made from the Exchequer.