§ Colonel L. WILSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether enemy prisoners of war employed as migratory gangs on agricultural labour are under guard from the time of leaving their camps until their return in the evening; and, if not, what precautions are taken to secure proper control over their movements?
§ Sir R. WINFREYFarmers employing prisoners of war from migratory gangs will be responsible for their safe custody from the time of their being handed over in the morning until their return at night. The police are to be kept informed by the military authorities of the location of each gang, and if a prisoner attempts to escape it will be the duty of the employé to inform the police by the quickest possible means.
§ Colonel WILSONasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether farmers employing migratory gangs of German prisoners of war are compelled to find a suitable mid-day meal for such prisoners; and, if so, whether, in view of the fact that farmers' wives have sufficient household duties to do without cooking meals for German prisoners, instructions can be issued for the prisoners to take their rations with them in future?
§ Sir R. WINFREYI understand that the War Office have recently issued instructions that farmers employing prisoners of war from migratory gangs should not be required to provide them with the mid-day meal.