Saklatvala, Communist member of the House of Commons, raised the question of the political prisoners in Palestine.
Major Ormsby-Gore, under secretary for the colonies, in reply to a question from Mr. Saklatvala, stated he was unable to give the number of political prisoners in Palestine because no distinction is made there between political and other prisoners.
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