§ 54. Commander BELLAIRSasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will lay it down as indispensable in the granting of a visa to a foreign subject proposing to visit this country that he or she has not been associated with the international revolutionary activities of the Third International?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Short)No, Sir. My right hon. Friend prefers in this matter to follow the example of his predecessors and to retain a discretion to deal with individual cases on their merits.
§ Commander BELLAIRSIs the hon. Gentleman not aware that we have had a great deal more experience of the Third International since the Conservatives were in office?
§ Mr. THORNEIs it not much better to allow any of our comrades of the Third International to visit this country, so that they can see the scientific and common-sense way in which we carry on our business?