§ 62. Mr. GWYNNEasked the Home Secretary if he will state the number of alien enemies in this country who have been exempted from either repatriation or internment by order of the Home Office Advisory Committee; and whether a complete record is kept of each case which comes before the Committee for consideration?
Mr. SAMUELWith regard to the number of alien enemies at large, I would refer to the answer I gave yesterday to the hon. Member for North-East Bethnal Green. All those now at large have been exempted from repatriation or internment on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee or, in a few cases, after the Advisory Committee had finished its inquiry, by the Home Office, which has been guided by the practice of the Committee. The answer to The second part of the question is in the affirmative.
§ Mr. GWYNNEWill the right hon. Gentleman say how it is if a complete record is kept of all cases why he said he could not grant me the Return I asked for, on the ground that it would take up so much time of the police?