HC Deb 28 November 1946 vol 430 c1760
19. Mr. Henry Usborne

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why it is still necessary for British subjects to fill in Registration Form AR-E when they stay in hotels, inns or lodging-houses. &c.

Mr. Ede

The requirement ceased to apply to British subjects nearly a year ago. A British subject need only enter his name, nationality and date of arrival in the hotel register.

Mr. Usborne

Will the Home Secretary take pains to see that lodging-house keepers know this because a great many of them expect their residents to fill in this form?

Mr. Ede

Hotel keepers have tried to get me to fill in the form and I have refused to do it. I advise other people who are asked to fill in the form to do the same thing.

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