§ Sir HERBERT NIELDasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will prepare and issue with the Votes a précis or epitome of the Reports received at the Foreign Office from His Majesty's representatives at Paris, Washington, Athens, and Rome on the subject of the legislative proposals made or carried by the Allied Governments with regard to the exclusion of subjects of enemy countries recently at war with them; and whether he will follow a similar course in respect of Reports subsequently received from representatives in Allied countries from whom such information has been invited but has not yet been received?
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Mr. HARMSWORTHissued the following statement in continuation of that which was inserted in the Official Report on the 8th inst.:
From a communication received by His Majesty's Minister at Brussels from the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs it appears that the Belgian Government possess general powers relating to the exclusion and deportation of persons of foreign nationality, but the legislation governing the matter dates from many years before the outbreak of the late War, and the reply of the Belgian Ministry does not indicate that any fresh legislative measures are contemplated.