HC Deb 11 December 1952 vol 509 cc641-2
6. Sir R. Glyn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider including in the compilation of criminal statistics information as to the nationality of persons convicted, indicating how many have become British subjects or live in the United Kingdom as Stateless persons.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

I will bear this suggestion in mind, but I am reluctant in present circumstances to ask the police to furnish extra information.

Mr. Anthony Greenwood

Can the right hon. and learned Gentleman give the House an assurance that he will avoid any action which might tend to produce anti-alien feeling? This is a most dangerous suggestion.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

That is an aspect of the matter which my Department always has in mind.

Sir R. Glyn

Is my right hon. and learned Friend aware that the purpose of the Question was to try to show that it is not necessarily the fact that all the crimes are committed by British people.