§ Mr. Ammonasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that persons evacuated from the Channel Islands are distressed at not receiving any correspondence from their friends and relatives left on the Islands; and whether anything can be done to facilitate exchange of correspondence at least equal to that of prisoners of war held in enemy territory?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonI am hapy to be able to inform my hon. Friend that the Foreign Relations Department of the Red Cross inform me that since the beginning of the year well over 3,000 messages have been received from the Channel Islands. The great majority of these have been received in batches in the last few days, and it is hoped that this flow will now continue. These are, for the most part, messages sent in reply to inquiries made before the postal message schemes were instituted. As regards the second part of the Question, the position of inhabitants of occupied territory who are at liberty is not analogous to that of prisoners of war.