HC Deb 28 February 1912 vol 34 c1366
Viscount WOLMER

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state on what grounds 205 expulsion orders under the Aliens Act, 1905, recommended by the Courts during the last six years for convicted aliens, have been refused by the Government?

Mr. McKENNA

The Government have not refused to make expulsion orders in 205 cases recommended by the Courts. The reasons for not making orders in certain cases are indicated year by year in the published statements, and cannot be stated within the compass of an answer to a question in this House; but I may say that the number 205, which the Noble Lord assumes to represent refusals, includes cases in which the prisoner died, a large number of cases in which the prisoner is still in prison, and will be expelled at the end of his sentence; and others, again, in which the prisoner was shown to be not an alien, as at first supposed, but a British subject.

Mr. LLOYD

Can the right hon. Gentleman tell me, at any rate, how many have been refused?

Mr. McKENNA

As they are still serving their sentences it is impossible to say.

Mr. LLOYD

Besides those that are now serving their sentences, can the right hon. Gentleman tell us how many have been refused on other grounds?

Mr. McKENNA

Perhaps the hon. Member will give me notice of that question.