§ Sir R. COOPERasked the Home Secretary how many aliens or alien enemies have remained uninterned after the Advisory Committee since its inception has recommended their internment?
§ Sir G. CAVEUp to the end of 1916, about 250 persons were exempted whose internment had been recommended by the Advisory Committee. Practically all these exemptions were granted on subsequent information showing that the 447W man's work was of value to this country. Since the end of 1916 releases (other than licences for employment) have been limited to cases of men desiring to join the British or Allied forces, cases in which the man's nationality was discovered to be British, Allied, or neutral, and a very few cases in which there were medical grounds of the strongest kind. On the other hand, about 700 alien enemies whose exemption the Advisory Committee had recommended have been interned.