HC Deb 13 June 1940 vol 361 cc1395-6W
Mr. Etherton

asked the Home Secretary whether, in order to assist the police in checking aliens and enforcing the curfew and in the national interest generally, he will issue an instruction that all holders of national registration identity cards shall write their nationality thereon?

Sir J. Anderson

Proposals having this object in view are already under discussion between my right hon. Friend the Minister of Health and myself.

Major Carver

asked the Home Secretary whether he will give the number of aliens at the present time holding national registration identity cards; and whether he will give instructions that all such aliens who report regularly to police stations shall have their cards stamped with the designation of their nationality, and in that case for each visitor staying at a hotel to produce his identity card showing whether he is British or foreign?

Sir J. Anderson

I would refer to the reply which I gave to-day to a similar question by my hon. Friend the Member for Stretford (Mr. Etherton).