§ 50. Mr. R. McNEILLasked whether steps will be taken to ensure that the 2,400 German civilians now about to be repatriated shall not return to this country after the War?
Mr. SAMUELI would refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Prime Minister on 17th October, in which he said that the matter of alien immigration from enemy countries after the War was being closely considered. The question of the return of Germans repatriated during the War is included in the examination of the subject which is now proceeding.
§ Mr. G. FABERCan the right hon. Gentleman not furnish us with the numbers of Germans and Austrians who are naturalised subjects?
Mr. SAMUELNo, Sir, for the reason I have given. There is no record of the number who die or leave the country.
§ 54. Mr. GILBERTasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the recent conviction, with a fine of £3 at Lambeth Police Court, of Carl Hackemer, a German subject aged twenty-seven, a clerk employed in the City, for travelling more than five miles from his residence, 28, Lorrimore Street, Walworth Road; can he state why this man, who is of military age, is not interned; can he say if he is employed by a German firm; and, in view of the local feeling of the English residents in the district whose husbands and sons have been called to the Colours, will he have this alien enemy of twenty-seven interned at once?
Mr. SAMUELThis man, who has been in this country since he was four years old, was exempted from internment on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee. He has been convicted as stated, and I am making further inquiry into the case, the result of which I will communicate to my hon. Friend.