Mr. Whiteasked the Home Secretary whether His Majesty's Government recognises the decree issued by the German Government, in November, 1941, by Which Jews who had left Germany were deprived of their German nationality; and whether His Majesty's Government regards Jewish refugees from Germany now in this country as Stateless?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonThe German ordinance referred to purports to deprive of German nationality any person who is a Jew as defined by German law and is residing abroad in circumstances which make it clear that he is not staying abroad merely temporarily. While persons who can be identified as coming within the terms of708W the ordinance may, under German law, lose their German nationality, it would, in the view of His Majesty's Government, be contrary to public policy to recognise the power of an enemy State by its legislation in time of war to relieve persons who were its nationals at the outbreak of war from any disabilities, liabilities or restrictions imposed by our law on aliens of enemy nationality.