§ MR. FELL (Great Yarmouth)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if four Russian Jews, who were recently refused permission to land at Hull because they were undesirable emigrants, and who were deported under the Aliens Act, returned in another ship that did not carry twenty emigrants, and were then allowed to land; and, if so, whether steps will be taken under the Act to prevent the relanding of aliens who were found to be undesirable a short while previously.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE,) Leeds, W.It is the fact that recently four aliens, who had been refused leave to land at Hull, returned a few days later and landed from non-immigrant ships. The Aliens Act gives the immigration officers no power to prevent any alien passenger from landing from a nonimmigrant ship. I regret to say that I have reason to believe that the landing of undesirable aliens from non-immigrant ships at Hull is carried on systematically; and the matter is engaging my attention.
§ MR. FELLasked whether regulations could not be made which would prevent such an anomaly as a man described as an undesirable alien being refused one week and allowed to land the next.
§ MR. GLADSTONEPerhaps the hon. Gentleman will put that Question down.
§ MR. LUPTON (Lincolnshire, Sleaford)asked when the right hon. Gentleman proposed to bring in a Bill to repeal the Aliens Act.
§ [No Answer was returned.]