HC Deb 29 February 1972 vol 832 cc100-1W
Mr. Luce

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the special and distinct privileges which residents of the Republic of Ireland can obtain when entering the United Kingdom.

Mr. Sharples

The effect of the Ireland Act, 1949, is that citizens of the Republic of Ireland are not aliens in our law and so have none of the disabilities or incapacities of aliens; but under the Commonwealth Immigrants Act, 1962, they are liable to deportation on conviction and recommendation by a court if they have not then been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom throughout the preceding five years.

Sir J. Langford-Holt

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what limitation is placed on the employment of Irish citizens in the United Kingdom and what record is kept by immigration authorities of their entry into the United Kingdom.

Mr. Sharples

None.