HL Deb 16 December 1970 vol 313 cc1501-2WA
LORD O'HAGAN

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many United Kingdom and Colonies citizens resident in Colonies and associated States would be covered by the Commonwealth Immigrants Acts if they attempted to come here; and whether they will publish separate figures for each Colony and State.

THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE, FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (THE MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN)

The provisions of the Commonwealth Immigrants Acts cover the entire populations of each of the dependent territories and associated States, with the exception of any citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies resident in those territories who qualify for exemption by the birth, naturalisation or registration of themselves or one of their parents or grandparents in the United Kingdom. Figures for this category are not available.

The total population of each dependent territory and associated State, according to the most recent estimates available, is published in the Year Book of the Commonwealth, 1970. The figures are, for the noble Lord's convenience, as follows:

Bahamas (end 1969) 200,000
Bermuda (mid-1968) 50,365
British Antarctic Territory (Winter 1969) 85
British Honduras (July 1969) 122,000
British Indian Ocean Territory (March 1968) 1,016
British Solomon Islands Protectorate (end 1968) 148,000
Falkland Islands (end 1968) 2,105
Gibraltar 26,007
Gilbert and Ellice Islands (end 1968) 53,517
Hong Kong (end 1968) 3,971,500
Pitcairn less than 100
St. Helena (end 1968) 4,722
Ascension (end 1968) 1,363
Tristan (end 1968) 271
Seychelles (mid-1968) 49,981
Turks and Caicos Islands (end 1966) 6,000
British Virgin Islands (1967) 8,895
Cayman Islands (1960) 8,511
Montserrat (end 1968) 14,689
New Hebrides (1967) 77,988
West Indies Associated States:
Antigua (1960) 54,304
Dominica (end 1966) 68,000
Grenada (1966) 98,773
St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla 58,000
St. Lucia (1965) 100,000
St. Vincent (end 1968) 92,000