§ Sir F. SANDERSONasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to an Ordinance passed by the Palestine Government giving wide powers to the Jewish chief immigration officer to exclude from Palestine all persons likely to oppose the Zionist policy and to deport those who, though not Palestinian citizens, are now living in Palestine should they oppose Zionism; and what steps, if any, he proposes to take in regard thereto?
§ Mr. AMERYThe Ordinance was prepared under my instructions and passed with my approval. I must protest against the insinuation that the fact that the present chief immigration officer is of the Jewish faith gives ground for supposing that he will exercise the powers entrusted to him otherwise than in accordance with the policy laid down by the High Commissioner and His Majesty's Government. The power of deportation is bestowed by the Ordinance not upon the chief immigration officer, but upon the High Commissioner and officers authorised by him.