HC Deb 17 July 1980 vol 988 c659W
Mr. John Patten

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take action, in the interests of public order, to prevent entry into the United Kingdom of foreign revolutionary members of the Socialist Workers League attending their forthcoming summer school at Oxford.

Mr. Raison

A person subject to immigration control may be refused admission on the ground that his presence here is not conducive to the public good. Immigration staff at ports will examine carefully those seeking entry to attend this function and the decision will be made according to the merits in each individual case.

Sir Timothy Kitson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what instructions are being given to immigration officials concerning the entry into the United Kingdom of Trotskyist revolutionaries attending the international school for subversion to be held in Oxford next week; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Raison

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Oxford (Mr. Patten) today.