§ Mr. McGovernasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that members of the Communist Party of Great Britain have sent letters to the chairmen of London aliens tribunals, in which they denounce Czech and German refugees as Nazi spies; and as these letters were sent because these refugees had denounced the actions of Stalin and the said refugees are genuine anti-Nazis, members of social democratic parties, will he have special inquiries made into the letters before action is taken upon them?
§ Sir J. AndersonNo, Sir. I have no such information, but in any event the London tribunals and the London Regional Advisory Committee all have, or had, as presiding officers men eminent in the legal profession who can safely be trusted to assess the value of information supplied to them.
Mr. David Adamsasked the Secretary of State for War how many enemy aliens are now interned, or being interned, on housing estates constructed for the purpose of housing the working-classes of this 674W country; and whether, considering the extra strains to which our own people are gladly subjecting themselves, he will take steps to remedy the anomaly of numbers of them living under continued slum conditions while new housing estates are being devoted to the aforementioned purpose?
§ Mr. LawThere is only one instance in which a housing estate is being used for the accommodation of aliens, and this is only a temporary arrangement pending transfer to a permanent camp. I do not think it would be desirable to state the number of aliens involved.