§ Mr. FINNEYasked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to resolutions passed by the urban district council of Smallthorne, Staffordshire, protesting against the employment of aliens in any office or employment controlled by His Majesty's Government, and requesting that the services of any alien so employed may be dispensed with, and also of a further resolution protesting against any allowance of jam or of dried fruits being issued to prisoners of war in this country, having regard to the restriction in the allowances of those foods imposed upon the civilian population of this country; and whether he will indicate the intentions of the Government respecting these matters?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWResolutions on this subject have been received. As I announced on the 1st of August, a Committee has been appointed to inquire into the question of the employment of aliens in Government offices. I am informed that jam has long ceased to be, and dried fruits never have been issued to enemy prisoners of war in this country.