HC Deb 25 January 1951 vol 483 c281
10. Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give an assurance that the measures taken to secure the protection of the Coronation Stone of the Saxon Kings at Kingston-upon-Thames will not be relaxed while any danger of damage to, or removal of, it by evilly-disposed persons remains.

Mr. Ede

The measures at present being taken by the police will not be relaxed until the Commissioner of Police is satisfied that this can safely be done.

Mr. Keeling

Has the right hon. Gentleman any information that the Saxons feel as strongly about the presence of this Stone in Kingston-upon-Thames as some Scots do about the presence of the Coronation Stone in the Abbey?

Mr. Ede

I am afraid that Saxons have not such a great sense of historic association as some Scotsmen.

Lieut.-Colonel Lipton

As a precaution, will my right hon. Friend subject to special scrutiny any application for a United Kingdom visa made by any person normally resident in Saxony?