Mr. G. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give as on the last convenient date the number of aliens detained under Article 12 (5A) of the Aliens Order, 1920, as subsequently amended, on the ground that their detention is necessary for the maintenance of public order.
§ Mr. H. MorrisonOn 22nd September there were detained on grounds of public order 45 aliens against whom deportation orders had been made but whose deportation would in present circumstances be impracticable or prejudicial to the successful prosecution of the war.