HC Deb 24 October 1950 vol 478 cc340-1W
Mr. P. Smithers

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many Japanese war criminals are serving their sentence in or near Singapore; and whether it is his policy that they should be transferred to prisons in Japan.

Mr. Ernest Davies

One hundred and fifty-seven Japanese war criminals were serving their sentences in the Colony of Singapore on 30th June this year. The question of their transfer to Japan is under consideration.