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Voluntary Workers (Middle East)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prisoners of War – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 July 1947.

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Photo of Mr Thomas Skeffington-Lodge Mr Thomas Skeffington-Lodge , Bedford 12:00, 8 July 1947

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will arrange for those prisoners of war in the Middle East who have experience in agriculture and who wish to volunteer for work in Britain on the same basis as their fellow prisoners already in this country to do this as their turn for repatriation comes round.

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