– in the House of Commons at on 17 March 1943.
Captain Alec Cunningham-Reid
, St Marylebone
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether arrangements can be made for Members of Parliament to inspect the list of war criminals?
Mr Winston Churchill
, Epping
This is a matter which concerns not only His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom but all the other Governments participating in the United Nations Commission, to whom the available information regarding war crimes is to be submitted. The answer is therefore in the negative.
Captain Alec Cunningham-Reid
, St Marylebone
Will the Prime Minister inform the House what Department is compiling this list in this country?
Mr Winston Churchill
, Epping
I will, but I am not sure myself whether it is under the Foreign Office or whether it has been devolved upon any special authority, but I can easily ascertain that if a Question is put down.
Mr Austin Hopkinson
, Mossley
Will the right hon. Gentleman prepare a list of the home-grown war criminals?
Commander Sir Peter Agnew
, Camborne
Can the Prime Minister give an assurance that the hon. and gallant Member for St. Marylebone (Captain Cunningham-Reid) is not on the list?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
