HC Deb 03 June 1919 vol 116 cc1816-7
46. Colonel WEDGWOOD

asked the Prime Minister whether he can give the British-born wives of enemy aliens any information as to when their husbands are likely to be released from internment?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir Hamar Greenwood)

My right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. The Home Secretary regrets that he cannot make any general statement on this point, except that no person will be kept in internment longer than is necessary in the public interest.

Colonel WEDGWOOD

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the aliens have recently been removed from Alexandra Park to Frimley, where their British-born wives are quite unable to visit them, as the camp is four miles from the railway station at the end of a long railway journey? Can it be arranged that the husbands of English wives be liberated at the earliest possible moment?