asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the many photographs that have been published in the British and neutral Press of English prisoners in Germany, similar facilities will be granted for photographing German prisoners in English internment camps?

No, Sir. This is not considered to be desirable, though there is no objection to visits to the prisoner of war camps by accredited representatives of neutral Powers.

Will not the Minister agree that there has been considerable propaganda value to Germany in the publication of these photographs in neutral countries, and what is the objection to similar methods being adopted here?

I think it is against the ideas of most people in the country—certainly it is against mine—to make peep-shows of people who have the misfortune to be prisoners of war.