§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what instructions he has given to Her Majesty's diplomatic and consular officers in foreign countries with regard to the issuing of new British passports to Messrs. Maclean and Burgess.
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreNo general instructions have been given to Her Majesty's diplomatic and consular officers in foreign countries with regard to the issuing of new passports to Messrs. Maclean and Burgess and, in the circumstances in which these two men left the country, I am satisfied that none were necessary.
§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what dates the British passports upon which Messrs. 49W Maclean and Burgess finally left the United Kingdom were originally issued to them; on what date their total period of validity will expire; and on what dates they have been renewed by any of Her Majesty's competent authorities overseas.
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreThe passports in the possession of Messrs. Maclean and Burgess at the time they finally left the United Kingdom were issued on 30th July, 1949, and 20th July, 1950, respectively.
As neither passport has been renewed for the further five years permissible under the standing regulations, the validity of the two passports expired respectively on 29th July, 1954, and 19th July, 1955.