HC Deb 30 July 1946 vol 426 c145W
118. Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

asked the Secretary of State for War what action he is taking to assist relatives to visit former prisoners of war from the Far East who were evacuated to South Africa suffering from tuberculosis and who are still there.

Mr. Lawson

No scheme of temporary visits is contemplated, but when the husband is a chronic invalid, and is likely to remain in South Africa for 12 months, his family are entitled to join him at public expense and are given a special priority in the provision of passages.

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