A debt of honour: first report of session 2005-06 report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence

House of Commons papers 735 2005-06

Corporate Author:

Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee

Author:

Tony Wright (chairman)

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

Price: £13.75

This report examines the Government's compensation scheme for British civilians interned by the Japanese during the Second World War. It follows on from a report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration ('A Debt of Honour' HCP 324, session 2005-06, ISBN 0102934673), published in January 2005, which examined the case of Professor Jack Hayward who had been refused payment on the grounds of not meeting the eligibility criteria of 'Britishness'. The Ombudsman recommended that the Ministry of Defence should review the operation of the scheme and reconsider the position of Professor Hayward and others with similar circumstances. The Committee supports the Ombudsman's findings, and calls on the Government to recognise that a debt of honour is owed to British civilian internees and therefore to announce that it will change the rules on eligibility with the urgency and generosity of the scheme's original intention.

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