§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action he took when he received a letter from Captain Ernest Law, dated 2nd June, 1958, which was smuggled out of Kamiti Prison, Nairobi, where Captain Law was detained without trial; and why orders were given for Captain Ernest Law to be repatriated to the United Kingdom by air on 16th June, 1958, only three days after Captain Law had received vaccination against smallpox and yellow fever, by official instructions, and in contravention of the rules of the International Certificates of Vaccination, which require 8 and 10 days, respectively, before validity.
§ Mr. J. Amery,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 12th February, 1959; Vol. 599, c. 228], supplied the following additional information:
On the 30th May, 1958, after efforts to secure a sea passage for Captain Law had failed because all vessels sailing for the United Kingdom were fully booked, an air passage was provisionally arranged for the 14th June or thereafter. A repatriation order was signed on 7th June. On being informed on 9th June that Captain Law's air passage was definitely booked for 16th June, the officer in charge of Kamiti Prison arranged for him to be revaccinated against smallpox and re-inoculated against yellow fever immediately. So far as I know, the air company concerned did not contest the validity of the relevant certificates.