§ 30. Colonel Wedgwoodasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Eri Jabotinsky is allowed to see friends while awaiting trial; and why he is not allowed to communicate with his mother in England, but is allowed to receive letters?
§ The Treasurer of the Household (Mr. Grimston)I have been asked to reply. As my right hon. Friend informed the right hon. Member in his reply to a Question on 6th March, Eri Jabotinsky is not at present awaiting trial but is detained under the Palestine Defence Regulations. He is allowed to see one visitor a week and may send any reasonable number of letters. There is no obstacle to his communicating with his mother in England.
§ Colonel WedgwoodMay I ask the hon. Gentleman whether the proposal to try this man for getting 2,400 Jews from the Danube to Palestine is being abandoned, and, if so, why?
§ Mr. GrimstonI will inquire of my right hon. Friend, and will then communicate with the right hon. and gallant Gentleman.