§ Mr. Keelingasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether British prisoners of war in Germany are receiving from the German Government the rations prescribed by the Geneva Convention?
§ Mr. ButlerAs my hon. and gallant Friend the Joint Under-Secretary of State for War stated in the House on 15th October, reports received from International Red Cross delegates who visited prisoner-of-war camps in Germany in August indicated that British prisoners of war were then being rationed in accordance with the terms of the Geneva Convention of 1929 on the same scale as German depot troops. The United States authorities have, however, been asked to verify this, as it has appeared from other reports that some British prisoners of war were being rationed on the German civilian scale, which is lower than the scale for German depot troops.