§ MR. CLAUDE HAYI beg to ask the Prime Minister when he proposes to introduce legislation to carry out the pledge given by His Majesty's Government through the President of the Board of Trade to secure to would-be-immigrants the right of appeal to the High Court against refusal to land.
§ MR. GLADSTONEMy right hon. friend has asked me to answer this Question. No pledge to introduce legislation was given. The Government have only undertaken to consider the question whether such legislation would be practicable and whether it would be beneficial to immigrants.
§ MR. CLAUDE HAYIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that on 14th April Mr. Churchill declared to a deputation of the representatives of the Jewish race that the Government would introduce legislation in order to set up receiving houses? Does the Government intend to carry out that pledge? If not, was the statement made in order to deceive and humbug the Jewish electors?
§ * MR. SPEAKERThe hon. Member has put three questions by way of supplementaries. It will be advisable for him to put them down—two of them, anyhow.