HC Deb 30 January 1958 vol 581 cc98-9W
81. Sir W. Wakefield

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he still intends to enforce the deportation of Eloisa Carbajo, in view of the fact that she refuses to take her infant, a British subject, with her; that, at present, she is able to support her child, and that her employer is anxious to continue to provide her and her infant with accommodation; and whether he is aware that, if the child is left in this country, she will be a charge on the State and that the London County Council, on his Department's directions, do not normally take into care a child whose mother is willing and able to care for it.

Mr. R. A. Butler

As has been explained to my hon. Friend in correspondence, the circumstances of Miss Carbajo's present employment do not provide a sufficient ground for allowing her to remain in this country, and there is no alternative to insisting on her departure.

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