§ Mr. McGovernasked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Robert Watson, who was separated from his wife and family and deported from the United States of America after being in America for a number of years; and, in view of the hardship involved in this case, will he make representations to the Government of the United States of America with a view to having the matter reconsidered?
§ Mr. ButlerThis case has already formed the subject of correspondence between His Majesty's Embassy at Washington and the competent authorities of the United States, and it is clear that the latter's decision to proceed with the deportation was only reached after full consideration of the facts. In these circumstances and in view also of the fact that this man has now landed in the United Kingdom, it does not seem that further representations to the United States Government would serve any useful purpose.