Part of Oral Answers to Questions — British Army. – in the House of Commons on 4th August 1942.
I will certainly consider whether it is possible to mark the communication in some way so as to signify its importance, but if I were to adopt the suggestion of the hon. Member either to telegraph or to send a typed letter, there would at times of heavy casualties be very great delays in the notification of casualties to relatives, and I think that a delay in the notification would be a -worse evil than the other.