§ Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) his present and future plans for assisting Malta further to develop her industrial and commercial resources and to solve her unemployment problems;
(2) if he will specify the requests which he has received from the Government of Malta for plans to assist them in solving their unemployment problems; and also the replies which he has sent to that Government.
—— Killed and Died of Wounds Wounded Missing and Missing Believed Killed Prisoner of War Total Royal Navy … 59 85 10 28 182 Army … 688 2,471 189 908 4,256 R.A.F … 2 — 10 1 13 Total … 749 2,556 209 937 4,451 As the names of prisoners have not been received, it is not yet possible to reconcile the figure for prisoners above with the total of 922 prisoners being returned by the Communists.