§ 22. Mr. Robson Brownasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consult Western European countries with a view to abolishing the need for passports between ourselves and them.
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreHer Majesty's Government consider that passports are the most satisfactory documents of identity for British subjects travelling abroad and are a necessary part of the United Kingdom system of control of aliens. They feel therefore that there would be disadvantages in their abolition at the present time.