HC Deb 08 July 1946 vol 425 cc36-7W
Mr. A. Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give an assurance that any person or persons known to have financed or supported Fascist organisations will not be allowed to re-enter this country for the purpose of opening or reopening business concerns.

Mr. Ede

In deciding whether persons shall be admitted to the United Kingdom under the Aliens Order, consideration is given to the question whether an individual is known to have Fascist sympathies, but examination during the war of many of the people who were interned showed that it would be a mistake to conclude that because an individual had subscribed to some Fascist organisation he must necessarily be in sympathy with Fascist ideas.

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