asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information regarding conditions under which British subjects are living in the Channel Islands?

Such information as my right hon. Friend has, suggests that the economic situation is difficult, but it does not indicate that the population of the islands is being molested by the German garrison.

Is it not true that a state of real starvation exists there, through the people not being given enough to eat by the Germans?

No, Sir, I think that is an exaggeration of what is happening. There is no evidence to show that conditions in the Channel Islands are as bad as in other territories occupied by the Germans. Our sources of information are, however, extremely scanty.

What channel of communication is made use of—the Red Cross, or some neutral Power?

We do get some messages from the Red Cross through Geneva.

Is that all?

Did not a boy who escaped the other day from the Channel Islands say that the allowance of bread was only five ounces a week?