§ MR. T. F. RICHARDS (Wolverhampton, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the detention at Blackwall of thirty-two Chinese as undesirable aliens; and whether he proposes to take steps to discourage such immigrants.
§ * MR. GLADSTONEI am aware that thirty-two Chinese immigrants are detained in the Thames because they cannot show that they have in their 1241 possession or are in a position to obtain the means of decently supporting themselves. The question of their admission is one for the Immigration Board, and I have no reason to suppose that the Board are not fully alive to their responsibilities in this matter.