§ Mr. Teelingasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why Mr. A. G. Hobbs of 4, Madeira Place, Brighton, has been refused permission to stay in Mauritius for longer than six months without a bond for Rs.1,000 because he is English; why he was taken in a police van from the airport to the police station on landing; whether he is aware that Mr. Hobbs spent four years in Mauritius during the war, that his wife is Mauritius born, also his daughter, and that the Mauritius Bureau in London informed him prior to leaving England that an Englishman did not require any bond.
Mr. Creech JonesI am consulting the Governor of Mauritius on this matter and will communicate with the hon. Member as soon as I have received his reply.
§ Mr. Teelingasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why Mr. A. G. Hobbs, now residing at Route Royale, Beau Bassin, Mauritius, has had his and his wife's passport confiscated by the police and could obtain no ration card for two weeks on landing; and why his letter of complaint to his Member of Parliament sent by air mail took five weeks to reach this country.
Mr. Creech JonesI am consulting the Governor of Mauritius on this matter174W and will communicate with the hon. Member as soon as I have received his reply.