§ Mr. D. Adamsasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is now intended to terminate the sentence of deportation passed in March last on Wallace Johnson, trade union leader of Sierra Leone, in view of the recent denial of the commissioner of police that any documents were found in the possession of the deportee indicating that he was engaged in activities prejudicial to public safety and defence, particularly as he has also served two and a half years' imprisonment in Freetown Gaol?
§ Mr. Harold MacMillanNo, Sir. I have no information regarding the statement by the Commissioner of Police to which reference is made; but it does not appear to be material. Wallace Johnson is subjected to a Restriction Order (not a sentence of deportation) to prevent him from acting in any manner prejudicial to public safety or defence. It is not correct to state that Wallace Johnson has served two and a half years' imprisonment in Freetown Gaol. He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for criminal libel in November, 1939. On the completion of his sentence of imprisonment he was further detained under the Defence Regulations until the issue of the Restriction Order already referred to.