§ Mr. Grenfellasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the methods employed by the police authorities in Palestine, involving the seizure of innocent men, women and children, arrested arbitrarily on suspicion and deported to concentration camps where no visitors or inspections by the Red Cross or any body empowered to issue an independent report are allowed; that relatives are left without news of the arrested; that young men and women have been kept for years in such camps or prisons, their detention being extended without hearing or investigation upon secret police reports; and whether he will take steps to put an end to such measures.
§ Colonel StanleyIt will be appreciated that recent outrages culminating in the assassination of Lord Moyne made necessary most drastic measures for the suppression of terrorism in Palestine, including the detention under the Palestine Emergency Regulations of persons suspected of being terrorists or of complicity in terrorism. Such cases are periodically reviewed by a Committee whose duty it is to advise as to their release or further detention. Another Committee is now inspecting the camp in which those who have been deported from Palestine are at present detained.