§ 46. Mr. KINGasked the Prime Minister whether he will renew the assurance, given by the previous Government and when he was Secretary of State for War, that no Russian Jew shall be deported to Russia because of refusal to join the British Army until Parliament has been able to consider the policy therein involved?
§ Sir G. CAVECommunications with the Russian Government are in progress as to the position of Russian subjects of military age resident in the United Kingdom. In the meantime, no Russian subject is being deported from this country on account of his refusal to join the British Army.
§ Mr. KINGDoes that mean that the pledge given by the right hon. Gentleman's predecessor in this respect still holds good about Parliamentary approval being given before deportation is decided upon?
§ Sir G. CAVEI cannot go beyond the statement I have made.
§ Mr. KINGThen does it really mean that the pledge given by a Cabinet Minister, presumably with the approval of the Cabinet and the whole Government, is now absolutely thrown to the winds?
§ Sir G. CAVENothing of the kind.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThat is a matter of argument.