Oral Answers to Questions — Resettlement (Training Allowances) – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 14 Mehefin 1945.
Mr Reginald Sorensen
, Leyton West
12:00,
14 Mehefin 1945
asked the Secretary of State for India how many political prisoners now remain in detention without charge; and how many have been released in the North West Frontier Province.
Lieut-Colonel Leo Amery
, Birmingham Sparkbrook
The number of the persons detained in connection with Congress activities on 1st April last was 1,252. The 21 persons still remaining in detention in the North-West Frontier Province on 1st March had all been released by 1st April.
Mr Reginald Sorensen
, Leyton West
Can the right hon. Gentleman give any indication at this point whether the remaining prisoners will follow their friends who are already out of gaol?
Lieut-Colonel Leo Amery
, Birmingham Sparkbrook
If the hon. Member will restrain his curiosity just a little longer, he may perhaps, in the words of solicitors' notices, hear of something to his advantage.
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.
