§ SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire, Ilkeston)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware 1036 that at certain European ports emigrants are examined by a medical officer of the United States Government before embarkation with a view to prevent rejections on arrival in America, and avoid the trouble and expense of reshipment to Europe; and whether any proposals for a similar examination at certain ports in this country have reached him.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. Lloyd-George, Carnarvon Boroughs)I have no information as to the practice which prevails at Continental ports, but in this country emigrants have not, I believe, been inspected by United States officers since 1900. No proposals respecting the reintroduction of this inspection have reached me.