§ 42. Sir W. Smithersasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the persons not of British nationality mentioned on pages 731 to 733 of appendix J of the report of the Royal Commission in Canada on the spy trial have been permitted by him to enter this country and are now here; how long they have been here in each case; and what occupations they have been permitted to take up.
§ Mr. EdeAccording to the information in my possession, none of the aliens referred to is in this country.
§ Sir W. SmithersWill the Home Secretary say whether, in view of the alarming revelations made yesterday in another place, the Government will take immediate and drastic action to suppress the Communist enemy in our midst?
§ Mr. EdeAs far as the persons referred to in the hon. Member's Question are concerned, a strict watch is kept for them, and if they attempted to come here they would not be allowed to land.