§ 43. Mr. Stokesasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the camp commandant at a prisoners-of-war camp near Kingston-upon-Thames is refusing to allow prisoners of war to correspond with Members of Parliament and individuals in this country; and if he will give definite instructions to all commandants that such correspondence is to be allowed and notices posted to that effect.
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§ Mr. BellengerI am not aware that prisoners of war in any camp in the neighbourhood mentioned have been forbidden to write to Members of Parliament or other people in this country, but if my hon. Friend will give me more precise information I will have the matter investigated further. I do not, however, consider that it is necessary to have special notices posted to the effect that prisoners of war may write to Members of Parliament.