§ 82 and 83. Mr. PENNEFATHERasked the Home Secretary (1) if he will state the number of aliens in the United Kingdom who claim to be subjects of neutral countries; the number of cases in which such claims have been investigated; the number of cases in which such claims have been conclusively proved to be well 888 founded; and the number of cases in which it has not been proved that such claims have been well founded; and (2) if he will state what system is employed in order to ascertain if the claims of aliens to be subjects of neutral countries are or are not correct, and also what steps are taken in regard to such aliens if the correctness of such claims cannot be proved?
Mr. SAMUELIn reply to these questions, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on the 20th January last. I would only add that if any question arises as to the nationality of an alien the onus of proving his claim lies upon him, and when necessary the proper proceedings for enforcing this are taken. The statistics asked for by the hon. Member are not available.