§ 27. Dr. Kingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why Mr. Jack Horner, an American citizen, has been deported from Britain.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeI made an Order for this man's deportation because I was satisfied, on considering all the circumstances, that this step was conducive to the public good.
§ Dr. KingCan the Home Secretary assure the House and the country that this man, who is apparently a doctor of divinity of some unorthodox Christian sect, was not proceeded against because of either his religious or political opinion?
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeOh, no, on the contrary. As a matter of fact, there is no evidence that he is a doctor of divinity, but that has nothing to do with the case. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that there was no shadow of suggestion of that kind at all. He was deported for what I consider to be conduct which would not be satisfactory in anybody, and certainly not in a foreigner who has been allowed to land in this country.
§ Mr. H. HyndAs it is on record that Jack Horner claims to be a good boy, can the Minister say what evidence there is to prove the contrary?
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThis is not the usual practice, but I can assure the hon. Gentleman, if it would be of assistance to him and to the House, that an order of the High Court was made against this man, which he flouted, and that he had been committed to prison for it. I thought, in the circumstances, that he was hardly a suitable person to be allowed to remain in this country.