HC Deb 23 January 1945 vol 407 c667W
Mr. Turton

asked the Minister of Health whether turkeys, oranges and nuts were distributed to German prisoners of war in a hospital near Newcastle on Christmas Day; whether this Christmas fare was provided by the Red Cross or at whose expense was provision made.

Miss Horsbrugh

My right hon. Friend does not know to which hospital my hon. Friend is referring, but he is informed that in one hospital near Newcastle the diet on Christmas day included turkey, in another oranges and nuts, and in a third nuts, which were provided for German prisoners of war equally with other patients, the expense being incurred by the hospital authority.