§ Sir F. FLANNERYasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a number of young men threw over well-paid appointments on plantations and in offices in the East to come home and fight for their country, and that these men, now in the course of being demobilised, find it impossible to procure passages within a reasonable time for their return journey to the East: and whether he is taking steps to find accommodation for them, and, if so, what steps?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLI should be glad if my hon. Friend would send me particulars of the cases to which he refers. I am informed that all applications forwarded to the War Office by the Repatriation Centre, Winchester, for June, have been allotted passages either direct or via Canada, and no difficulty is anticipated in finding accommodation for any men at present waiting for passage on application being made by them through the Repatriation Record Office, Winchester.