§ 50. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give the total number of Jews now in prison in Palestine as illegal immigrants and the total number of such immigrants now free on bail who have previously been in prison?
Mr. M. MacDONALDThe latest report, dated the 7th June, shows that 85 Jewish illegal immigrants were at that date under detention pending deportation. I have no information as to the number of illegal immigrants now on bail pending deportation, but I will inquire of the High Commissoner for Palestine.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODCan my right hon. Friend inquire and get an answer to the last part of my question?
§ 51. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Jews have been deported from Palestine as illegal immigrants in each of the last three financial years; and what is the estimate of the total number of illegal Jewish immigrants now in this country?
Mr. MacDONALDThese statistics are not available in the Colonial Office, but I have asked the High Commissioner for Palestine to furnish them, if possible.