§ Colonel Carverasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether sterling can be sent by Americans doing war work in this country to dependants in the United States of America; and whether he will relax the restrictions and permit British nationals to remit subsistence allowance to wives and families who were privately evacuated there at the beginning of the war, especially in view of the fact that this country is relieved of the necessity of feeding and clothing them?
§ Sir K. WoodAs regards the former part of the Question, I would refer to the reply given to my hon. Friend, the Member for London University (Sir E. Graham-Little) on 21st May. As regards the latter part of the Question, it is not practicable for reasons already explained, to arrange for the maintenance in America for British wives and families who left their homes here at the beginning of the war.