§ MR. STUART SAMUEL (Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can state the fee charged for naturalisation in the principal States of Europe and America; and, if not, will he take steps to obtain the information.
§ (Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) It is not possible to make an exact comparison between the cost of naturalisation in the United Kingdom and in other countries, having regard, amongst other things, to the differences in practice and expense in connection with preliminary procedure. The best information in my possession, obtained by inquiries which I instituted some time ago, is given in the following statement:—
| Naturalisation Fees in Foreign Countries. | |
| United States of America | 11 dollars. |
| France | 175 francs, 25 centimes. |
| Germany | The fee varies in the several component States of the Empire from 1 mark, 75 pf. to 300 marks. |
| Italy | 240 lire. |
| Norway | Nil. |
| Russia | 1 rouble, 50 copecks. |
| Sweden | £1 2s. 2d. |
| Switzerland | Federal fee, 20 francs. Communal, nil to £48. Cantonal, nil to £160. |