Mr. C. WILSONasked the Secretary of State for War when and in what circumstances the licensed houses of prostitution were closed throughout the area in Germany which is in the occupation of the Allied forces?
§ Commodore KINGI am informed that in the area occupied by the British Army of the Rhine there are, and have been, no licensed brothels since such occupation.
2112Wcess of their licensed complement, and also having regard to the usual rush of traffic during the holiday periods?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThere is no reason to think that the ordinary means for checking and preventing overcrowding on cross-Channel steamers are insufficient, and it is not considered necessary to institute special measures for checking the cross-Channel Christmas traffic. The case to which my hon. Friend refers occurred on a summer excursion steamer in the Thames.