HC Deb 26 January 1931 vol 247 cc579-80
11. Sir NICHOLAS GRATTAN-DOYLE

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has made any protest to the Government of the United States of America against the treatment meted out to British citizens selected for deportation from the United States of America; and, if so, what has been the reply?

Mr. DALTON

A number of complaints have been received from time to time regarding the treatment of British subjects awaiting deportation from the United States. Usually such complaints form the subject of representations by His Majesty's Consular Officers to the local immigration authorities. His Majesty's Ambassador at Washington has also recently brought certain aspects of this question to the notice of the State Department. My right hon. Friend is confident that the United States authorities will give full consideration to the representations which have been made.

Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLE

Has any reply been received to the representations made some time ago on the subject?

Mr. DALTON

We are frequently getting reports on particular cases taken up by our representatives in the United States. The Memorandum from the Ambassador to the State Department was submitted quite recently and he has not yet had a reply.

12. Captain PETER MACDONALD

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information concerning the case of Mr. S. P. Eaden, who was recently deported from the United States of America to this country after living for more than 20 years in the United States; whether he has made any protest to the Government of the United States of America in regard to the treatment of Mr. Eaden; and, if so, what has been the reply?

Mr. DALTON

This case has been carefully examined, and I shall be glad to furnish the hon. and gallant Member with full particulars. There are, I fear, no grounds on which representations on behalf of Mr. Eaden could be made to the United States Government.

Captain MACDONALD

Has any reason been given by the United States Government for the deportation of this and other British subjects?

Mr. DALTON

I think it would be in the best interests of Mr. Eaden if the hon. and gallant Member and I had a private conversation about it.

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