HC Deb 26 February 1947 vol 433 c277W
5. Mr. Wyatt

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster why Fraulein Elisabeth Suzanne Abel, Elbechaussee 231, Flottbek, Hamburg, Germany, has not yet been permitted to travel to the United Kingdom to marry her fiancee although application for a permit to do so was made last October, a travel permit and visa were issued on 4th February and her fiancee has booked her passage both through the Associated Humber lines and the British Red Cross

Mr. J. Hynd

Arrangements for travel to this country by Germans engaged to be married to British subjects are the responsibility of the individual concerned, and not of the Control Commission. I understand that in this case the Red Cross are making arrangements for Fraulein Abel to travel, and hope to bring her to this country in the very near future. Transport difficulties have recently been caused by the severe weather and by an outbreak of diphtheria at Cuxhaven.

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