§ Mr. F. Noel-Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will make an urgent protest to the South African Government against the arrest and deportation, without any charge, of a United Kingdom subject, Mr. Jeffrey John Holden, on 9th June.
§ Mr. SandysThe Act under which Mr. Holden was deported empowers the South African Government to deport anyone who is not a citizen of South Africa and whose presence in the Republic is not deemed to be in the public interest. They are not required to give specific reasons for any deportation. There are, therefore, no legal grounds on which a protest could be made.