§ Mr. Keelingasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will reconsider his refusal to allow a Hong Kong Government servant, who was four years a prisoner of the Japanese, to be accompanied on his return to Hong Kong by his wife who served in the W.A.A.F. for five years.
Mr. Creech JonesI regret that owing to the present shortage of shipping it is rarely possible to provide passages to enable a man returning to Hong Kong to be accompanied by his wife. My right hon. Friend is writing to the hon. Member about the case of the lady in question, who will be allotted a passage in her turn, according to the date of her application.