HC Deb 30 January 1969 vol 776 cc362-3W
43. Mr. Cordle

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will take steps to provide that a temporary residence permit in this country is automatically rescinded by a criminal conviction unless specifically extended by him.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

When the conviction of an alien is reported to my right hon. Friend he considers most carefully the question of his extended stay in this country, whether or not the court recommended deportation. A convicted Commonwealth citizen may be deported if the offence is punishable by imprisonment and the court recommends deportation. Recommendations are considered most carefully.

I think that the present procedure is preferable to that proposed by the hon Member.