§ Mr. KILEYasked the Home Secretary if an application for the grant of a certificate of naturalisation was submitted in September, 1914, by Mr. Morris Syrup, who was born in Jaroslau, Galicia, and has resided in this country continuously since 1891; and, if the application has been refused on the ground that the case comes under the disability imposed upon ex-enemy aliens by Section 3 (2) of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1918, will he reconsider the refusal in view of the fact that the applicant is not of ex-enemy nationality or sympathies?
§ Mr. SHORTTAn application for the grant of a certificate of naturalisation was submitted in 1914 by Mr. Morris Syrup, who at that time described himself as a subject of Austrian nationality. Solicitors acting for Mr. Syrup have recently called attention to the application, and the question of his eligibility for a certificate is now the subject of correspondence with them. It is contrary to practice to discuss or disclose the reasons for decisions in these cases, but I may say that there is no evidence before me at present that the applicant is not of former enemy nationality.