§ Captain Pluggeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can make any statement as to the intention of the Government to make advances to the wives and families, not merely of serving men, but of civilians of al types who have been taken prisoners in different parts of the Far East, or who cannot, owing to 953W enemy action, send home the usual remittances with the object of enabling them to carry on until more or less normal conditions can be arranged?
§ Sir K. WoodI would refer the hon. and gallant Member to the answer which I gave to the hon. and gallant Member for Ayr Burghs (Sir T. Moore) on 20th January.