Mr. De la Bèreasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider taking steps to endeavour to exchange prisoners of war who have been in captivity for over four years and who are over 50 years of age, bearing in mind the long period of captivity and their age.
§ Mr. George HallMy hon. Friend's proposal is being considered, with others, in the light of the re-examination of the position my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary promised to make in his reply of 8th November last to a supplementary question about able-bodied long-term prisoners by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Wycombe (Sir A. Knox). He then said he would forward to the German Government any proposal emerging from that re-examination which might stand a better chance of acceptance. I can assure my hon. Friend that the promised re-examination has been actively pursued and is now approaching conclusion.