HC Deb 27 June 1938 vol 337 cc1530-1
57. Sir C. Cayzer

asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the sentence of penal servitude passed on an ex-American gunman at Leeds; whether he is aware that this man had been deported from the United States twice and had there undergone long convictions for armed robbery; whether the police exercise any control over the arrival in this country of such offenders; and whether any information on the subject is passed to them by the American police?

Mr. Lloyd

Yes, Sir. The man in question is a British subject and could not, therefore, be refused admission to this country. Full information in such cases is received from the American authorities and communicated to the police.

Sir C. Cayzer

Can my hon. Friend say whether in such a case of a man with a long criminal record in the United States entering this country, he has to report to the police from time to time?

Mr. Lloyd

I do not think there is any power of that sort.