HC Deb 14 February 1917 vol 90 cc639-40W
Major HUNT

asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether private persons can send parcels to prisoners of war in Germany without any restrictions as to purchase of certain amounts in specified shops?

Mr. JAMES HOPE

Under the War Office Regulations which the Central Prisoners of War Committee and its authorised associations are bound to observe, private persons who desire to send parcels to prisoners of war in Germany must obtain from the Care Committee of the regiment to which the prisoner belongs a permit for a specified amount of food to be supplied by a shop authorised by the Central Prisoners of War Committee.