HC Deb 20 June 1901 vol 95 cc903-4
MR. MURPHY (Kerry, E.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is the custom for the police or other Government officials to ask the names or examine the luggage of passengers arriving at Southampton or Liverpool

*THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. RITCHIE, Croydon)

The baggage of all passengers arriving from foreign ports at Liverpool, Southampton, or any other port in the United Kingdom is by law liable to examination by the officers of customs. The police have nothing to do with the matter, and I am informed that it is not the practice of the customs officers at the ports named to ask the names of passengers on arrival. Information is obtained from lists supplied by the shipping companies.

MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN

Will the Chief Secretary see that the same course is adopted at Queenstown and other Irish piers?

MR. WYNDHAM

I replied to a question on this subject the other day, and I have nothing to add to my answer.†