§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the basis upon which he estimates that there would be a large expense of labour and finance in keeping records of statistics of entry permits into the United Kingdom of foreign and Commonwealth nationals and Soviet citizens in particular; and what is his estimate of the costs.
§ Mr. SharplesStatistics of Commonwealth citizens and foreigners admitted to the United Kingdom are already published as White Papers. The additional information recently requested by the hon. Member was much more detailed and would, clearly, take much more labour and expense to provide.