§ 96. Mr. Stokesasked the Secretary of State for War whether arrangements will now be made for prisoners of war to make voluntary contributions to relief funds from money which is paid to them in sterling.
§ Mr. BellengerWith the introduction of the privilege to use English money any prisoner of war is at liberty to make voluntary contributions in English money When he is outside camp limits. Instructions were issued on 21st July, 1947, permitting collections to be made by and on behalf of the International Red Cross Committee within prisoner-of-war camps on condition that any such donations should be entirely voluntary and no official accounting machinery was to be involved.