§ 17. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is proposed to reduce the immigration fee of £1 per head in Palestine, or to apply the funds so raised to meet the cost of the immigrants' camp and quarantine station, where their costs are at present borne by the Zionist agency?
§ Mr. AMERYIt is not proposed to reduce the immigration fee, which is £E.1 in the case of every immigrant of 16 years or over, and 20 piastres in respect of every immigrant below that age. As regards the second part of the question, I understand that the Zionist Organisation does not maintain or meet the cost of any quarantine stations, but it may, of course, pay to the Government on behalf of immigrants entering Palestine under its auspices the usual charges made for their accommodation, disinfection and vaccination at those stations. The Organisation itself maintains immigrants' camps at which a certain number of its immigrants are allowed to live until they can be found other accommodation. It is not proposed that the Palestine Government should take over the cost of these camps.