§ 21. Mr. Rogersasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can give an assurance that there was a full complement of immigration officials to meet the m.v. " Daffodil " when she docked at Dover at 13.30 hours, approximately, on Monday, 27th May, 1946.
§ Mr. EdeAt Dover where traffic in and out is practically continuous for nearly 12 hours daily, staff attendance has to be adjusted to match arrivals and sailings. According to advance information this vessel was carrying 40 civilian passengers on the day in question and a proper complement of immigration officers was detailed to deal with that number. The actual number proved to be 108, and if this had been known beforehand more officers, who had already been, on duty since 8 o'clock, would have postponed their lunch and stayed on duty to clear them.