§ 42. Mr. HALLSasked the Home Secretary how many aliens are now in prison awaiting deportation; and how many have been in prison over three months?
§ Mr. SHORTT104 aliens are now in prison awaiting deportation. 70 are serving sentences not yet expired. Of 1065 the remainder, five have been in custody not under sentence for more than three months.
§ Viscount CURZONWere any of those Mormons?
§ 44. Mr. HALLSasked the Home Secretary how many deportation orders were made during the year 1921 in cases where the only offence alleged was non-compliance with the Order of 1920; and whether, in deciding as to deportation orders, he can make a distinction between the undesirable criminal aliens who have been convicted of offences involving moral turpitude, and the harmless and industrious aliens who may have committed technical breaches of registration regulations?
§ Mr. SHORTT456 aliens were deported in 1921. I cannot say in how many cases the only offence alleged was non-compliance with the Aliens Order; and it often happens that cases, in which that might appear to be the only offence, disclose other circumstances justifying deportation. The distinction suggested in the latter part of the question is made wherever the facts admit of it.