HC Deb 20 June 1963 vol 679 cc87-8W
44. Mr. D. Foot

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why Mr. Patrick Duncan has been declared a prohibited immigrant in the three High Commission Territories.

45. Mr. Grimond

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will ensure that Mr. Patrick Duncan is free to come and go to and from the Protectorates in Southern Africa.

Mr. Sandys

The Basutoland Executive Council recommended that (in view of statements made by Mr. Duncan in which he associated himself with a policy of organising violence in the Republic of South Africa) his presence in Basutoland would be an embarrassment to that country and that he should be refused permission to return there.

For the same reason, the Executive Council in the Bechuanaland Protectorate recommended that he should not be allowed to enter that Territory. In the light of these recommendations the Resident Commissioners in the two territories declared Mr. Duncan a prohibited immigrant under the provisions of the law.

Identical action was taken by the Resident Commissioner of Swaziland, where there is as yet no Executive Council.

I support these decisions.