§ Mr. RHYSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) if he will inquire into the circumstances under which Lady Margaret Allchin has been detained in French Morocco by British Consular officials or ex-British Consular officials since 1928;
(2) whether, in view of the detention of Lady Margaret Allchin in French Morocco by British Consular officials, he will state by what statutory authority jurisdiction over British nationals in that country is vestel in the Supreme Court of Gibraltar?
§ Mr. EDEN:I am conversant with the facts of this case. Lady Allchin is not, and never has been, detained by any British Consular official. As regards the question of jurisdiction, jurisdiction over British subjects in the French and Spanish zones of Morocco is vested in the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, concurrently with His Majesty's Consular Court for Morocco, by the "Morocco Orders in Council, 1888–1929, Consolidated," made in exercise of the powers conferred by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890.