§ Colonel Wedgwoodasked the Home Secretary whether he will authorise visas to be issued quickly to William Pressburg and his wife and daughter, of Vienna, all of whose papers are in order save a letter stating when they can re-emigrate legally to Palestine, in view of the fact that the ladies, aged 43 and 17, are being held in prison and the man must go back to Dachau on 27th July and that it was in February last that the right hon. and gallant Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme wrote to the Home Office about this fully guaranteed case?
§ Mr. PeakeMy right hon. Friend is informed by the German Jewish Aid Committee, who were asked to investigate the case, that no evidence is forthcoming that this family would be able to re-emigrate and that the guarantee given was only in respect of temporary residence here pending re-emigration. Consequently it has not been possible to prefer this case to others but it could be further considered if an unconditional guarantee with regard to the family's maintenance in this country is forthcoming.
§ Colonel Wedgwoodasked the Home Secretary whether he will authorise a visa to Frau Betty Loewenstein, and her son, Heinz, Nurenberg, guarantee and application for whom was made by Walter Block, Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent, on 10th May, in view of the fact that the boy, aged 16 years, is under expulsion orders for 10th July?
§ Mr. PeakeA visa has been authorised to enable Mrs. Betty Loewenstein and her son to proceed to the United Kingdom.