HC Deb 20 May 1941 vol 371 cc1407-8W
Mr. Sorensen

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has evidence to show that members of the German Army Medical Corps were either trained in the use of arms or employed them during action against our own or allied troops?

Captain Margesson

No instances have been brought to my notice of the use of arms by German Army medical personnel in action against British or Allied troops, but I am making further inquiries in the case of the latter. My hon. Friend will appreciate that international law permits the training of medical personnel in the use of arms in their own defence.