§ 22. Mr. Spriggsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Hungarian nationals have left the United Kingdom to return to their home land; and what is the total number of young people and adults who have been refused permission by him to return to Hungary; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Joint Under Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. David Renton)Some 2,000 Hungarians who came here as refugees in 1956 have returned home. I know of only one case—that of a child of 14 who was made a ward of court last September—in which permission to leave this country was refused.
§ Mr. SpriggsMay I appeal to the Minister to remove any obstructions placed in the path of those people who wish to return home?
§ Mr. RentonThere is no obstruction placed by Her Majesty's Government. The case of a ward of court was a refusal by the court. It is for the Hungarian Government themselves to grant travel documents which will enable people to return to Hungary.