§ Captain Kerbyasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that Great Britain is the only Commonwealth country that any immigrant can enter without producing a certificate of good health; and what steps he proposes taking to safeguard Great Britain from imported communicable diseases.
§ Mr. VosperThe existing Public Health (Ships) and (Aircraft) Regulations, 1952, give wide powers to port medical officers to deal with any case or suspected case of communicable disease arriving in this country. In addition, alien immigrants may be medically examined under the Aliens Order, 1953.