HC Deb 07 July 1924 vol 175 c1746
10. Mr. W. M. ADAMSON

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the reasons for the refusal of a passport to a Mahommedan deputation appointed by the Kalifat Committee for the purpose of visiting Turkey?

Mr RICHARDS

There was no refusal to grant passports to a deputation as such. But, as was explained in the Legislative Assembly last March, Government were unable to grant passports to certain persons proposed as members of a deputation to Turkey because some of them had been convicted of offences against the State or of inciting Government servants to disaffection, and others were not of the Mahommedan religion.

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

Would not any Kalifat Committee now be interfering with the internal affairs of Turkey?

Mr. RICHARDS

That is another question.