§ Sir R. Glynasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the importance of issuing an Interim Report by the War Graves Commission as to what action has been taken since the war began to provide and maintain cemeteries.
§ Sir J. GriggThe Annual Report of the Imperial War Graves Commission cover-794W ing their activities up to 31st March, 1943, was published in January, 1944, and I am not aware that a further report is called for at the present time. In all theatres of war Graves Registration Units of the Army are engaged in searching for and registering the graves of the dead, ensuring that no dead are left unburied, and in some cases concentrating isolated graves into suitable cemeteries. In certain areas that are no longer theatres of operations, such as North Africa, the Imperial War Graves Commission, who will in due course take over all cemeteries in all theatres for permanent maintenance, are already taking over cemeteries.