§ Lieut.-Colonel Sharpasked the Secretary of State for War what progress has been made in the registration of British war graves; to what extent these will be centralised in British cemeteries; and when he will be able to arrange visits of relatives to graves in Holland, Denmark, Italy and other European countries.
§ Mr. BellengerI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply given today to my hon. Friend the Member for Spark-brook (Mr. Shurmer). About 75 per cent. of the work on the registration and concentration of British war graves has now been carried out. Owing to the shortage of manpower and the wide area of search, progress has been slower than was expected and it will be some time, particularly in North-West Europe, before the task is wholly completed.