HC Deb 26 July 1946 vol 426 c62W
Mr. E. Fletcher

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the British Passport No. 166375, recently issued to Mr. Hugh Joseph Lorant, described the holder as Mr. Hugh Joseph Krausz, a name which he has not used for 35 years and which was changed with the permission of the Hungarian Home Secretary in 1911 when Mr. Lorant was a Hungarian subject.

Mr. Noel-Baker

In accordance with the normal practice the passport granted to Mr. Hugh Joseph Lorant was issued in the name given in his certificate of naturalisation. It is open to Mr. Lorant to execute a deed poll formally abandoning the surname Krausz and assuming in its place the surname Lorant; such a deed poll, after enrolment in the Central Office of the Supreme Court, will enable a passport to be issued without mention of his former name.

Colonel Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when Dr. Mirabel G. Harrison, of Brown Heath, Buxted, Sussex, may expect to receive the passports for which she has applied in person and, on several occasions, in writing.

Mr. Noel-Baker

Passports were issued to Dr. Weham R. E. Harrison and Dr. Mirabel G. Harrison on 17th July, 1946, and collected the same day.