§ 12. Mr. Roland Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the difficulties arising out of divided allegiance as disclosed by the Fuchs case, he will refuse the privilege of naturalisation to foreigners where the applicant is known to be a Communist sympathiser.
§ Mr. EdeIt is my duty to consider each application for naturalisation on its merits. But in exercising the discretion entrusted to me by Parliament under the British Nationality Act, 1948, to grant or refuse certificates without assigning reasons for my decision I shall, of course, bear in mind the lessons to be learned from the Fuchs case.