§ 26. Mr. HARTLANDasked the Home Secretary the number of British-born women, the wives of aliens, deported under his orders or by his authority since the passing of the Naturalisation and Status of Aliens Act, 1870, or subsequent legislation?
§ Sir J. GILMOURNo figures are available. Since the passing of the Aliens Act, 1905, which was the first enactment in recent times to confer a power to expel an alien, it has not been the practice to subject British-born women to expulsion or deportation orders save in a few exceptional cases, such as those in which the procedure of an order has been used for the purpose of paying travelling expenses and so enabling a women to join her husband abroad.
Viscountess ASTORCan the right hon. Gentleman tell us when the British Government are going to give British-born women the right to retain their nationality after marriage? Is it not about time that British-born women got the same justice as men?