§ Mr. Robson Brownasked the Minister of Defence whether he will instruct the War Office, Admiralty, and Air Ministry that they are on no account to release the news of the death or injury of any Service personnel until they are absolutely satisfied that the next-of-kin have been fully informed.
§ Sir W. MoncktonArrangements for the notification of casualties are necessarily determined for each Service by the Service Minister concerned. The existing instructions were summarised in a Written Answer given by my predecessor on 7th December last to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Walton (Mr. K. Thompson). I am satisfied that
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§ Sir D. EcclesI regret that I cannot answer the first two parts of the Question. I am writing to the hon. Member to give him some information about one interesting example of the ways in which local authorities are meeting the need to which he refers.