HC Deb 26 March 1953 vol 513 cc103-4W
Mr. Remnant

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether advisory committees laid down by the

will give an assurance that a more rigid check will be made of the bona fides of Soviet seamen.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

Reasonable precautions are taken for this purpose, and I have no information to suggest that any change in the present arrangements is needed. The crew lists of Soviet ships, as of other foreign ships, are carefully checked.