HC Deb 23 July 1942 vol 382 cc206-7W
Colonel Mills

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will issue instructions to ensure that prisoners of war are marched on foot to their work in as many cases as possible and are not unnecessarily conveyed in petrol-consuming lorries over short distances?

Sir J. Grigg

This is a question for the employing Departments, who are, I understand, guided in their practice by considerations of economy, not only of petrol, but also of time. So far as concerns the War Office there is no objection to the prisoners walking to their work, except that if the distance is more than three miles they must have an escort.