§ 24. Sir H. Williamsasked the Home Secretary by what persons the decisions will be given at the boundaries of defence areas as to whether persons from without those areas may or may not enter them?
§ Sir J. AndersonThe actual decision is made by a police officer or in some instances by a member of His Majesty's Forces acting in accordance with the general principles which were announced to this House and amplified in the Press and on the wireless at the end of the last week.
§ Sir H. WilliamsWill my right hon. Friend explain what is to be done by a person who, arriving on what he regards as legitimate business, is, without any explanation, taken from one platform to another and sent home on the decision of an ordinary constable?
§ Sir J. AndersonMy hon. Friend will realise that the purpose of this Order is to ensure that there shall not be at any time any substantial influx of persons who are not residents to an area in which special considerations of a military character require that the population should be kept as low as possible. It was not practicable to introduce a general permit system, but instructions have been given to the police and other authorities to administer the regulations with all possible consideration.
§ Sir H. WilliamsHaving regard to the fact that that is not an answer to my Question, may I ask who gives the decision, what representations can be made to that person, and what control there is over a constable who orders a person to go back?
§ Sir J. AndersonThere is no possibility of an appeal in these circumstances.