HC Deb 21 June 1948 vol 452 cc112-3W
101. Sir J. Mellor

asked the President of the Board of Trade why, notwithstanding his instructions, immigration officers required passengers, embarking on 29th January in s.s. Stirling Castle for short visits to South Africa, to surrender their clothing ration books.

Mr. Belcher

I am advised by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Home Department that immigration officers did not ask for clothing ration books to be surrendered on the occasion mentioned. There may, however, have been some misunderstanding in the minds of passengers due to the requirement that food ration books should be surrendered by people going abroad for more than three months.