§ 30. Mr. GINNELLasked the Home Secretary what has been done or is about to be done for the destitute young English woman sent to prison by magistrates at Gravesend for having married a German who is now interned in this country; seeing that, as an English woman by birth and race, she would not be admitted to Germany and cannot be sent there; whether any grant has been asked or obtained for her out of the moneys placed in the hands of the American Ambassador for destitute Germans; and, if not, whether she will be employed in the internment camp in which her husband is or in some way be enabled to live elsewhere than in prison, since she is not accused of any illegality?
§ Sir J. SIMONThis case was mentioned at Question Time yesterday. I have been in communication with the justices about this case, and though the girl undoubtedly contravened the Aliens Order, I have felt justified in all the circumstances in advising the remission of the fine imposed. The girl, as I stated yesterday, has already been released, the fine having been paid for her. The Commissioner of Metropolitan Police has made temporary provision for her, and I do not anticipate any difficulty will arise if she wishes to return to her parents.