§ Mr. PENNEFATHERasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether 884W passports will be required by British residents desirous of entering the Irish Free State when constituted and for residents in that State desirous of entering this country; and whether the Irish Free State will issue its own passports to its residents who desire to proceed to foreign countries, or if such passports will continue to be issued by the British Foreign Office as at present?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLAs regards the first part of the question, it will be within the discretion of the Free State Government as of any Dominion to determine in what circumstances persons entering or leaving their territory should be required to be in possession of passports; as regards the second part, I would point out that the Foreign Office does not normally issue passports on behalf of the other Dominions in the British Empire.