HC Deb 23 October 1958 vol 592 cc261-2W
Mr. Brockway

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what grounds permission was refused to Dr. Linus Pauling, the American scientist and Nobel prizeman, to stay in Great Britain beyond 16th September.

Mr. R. A. Butler

When Dr. Linus Pauling arrived here on 31st August he was granted leave to stay until 16th September when he intended to leave for a visit to Austria. On 2nd September he inquired whether, on return from Austria, he would be re-admitted to this country in order to give a public address on 22nd September. On 8th September he was advised that there was no reason to suppose that leave to land would not be granted for that purpose. Dr. Pauling left for Austria on 16th September and returned here on 22nd September, when he was granted leave to land for seven days. He departed for the United States on 25th September.