Part of the debate – in the House of Commons on 17th November 1942.
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) whether the Red Cross Society has yet been allowed into Singapore; Whether a list of our soldiers taken prisoner is being obtained; and when it will be available;
(2) whether he has any information as to the adequacy of the food and medicines, including quinine, for sick soldiers who have been taken prisoners of war by the Japanese;
(3) whether he has any information of prisoners of war in Singapore having been removed?