§ 20. Mr. Radfordasked the Home Secretary whether he will take steps to suspend the naturalisation of aliens until the end of the war?
§ Sir J. AndersonAs indicated in my reply to the hon. and learned Member for Warrington (Mr. Goldie) on 4th June, the difficulty of devoting time and labour to the necessary investigations has, in itself, necessarily imposed a severe limit on the number of cases which can be dealt with in present circumstances, but there are some applications—including applications from British-born women—which it is in the pubic interest to investigate and, if the inquiries are completely satisfactory, to grant.