HC Deb 02 May 1969 vol 782 cc294-5W
Mr. Hunt

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) why, in the administration of immigration control, he differentiates between the dependent parents of aliens and the dependent parents of Commonwealth citizens;

(2) why, in the administration of immigration control, he differentiates between Commonwealth citizens who wish to enter Great Britain to marry and aliens who wish to come here for the same purpose.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Because of the differences in the patterns of immigration by aliens and Commonwealth citizens.