§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British subjects have been expelled or made prohibited immigrants in Zambia in each year from 1965; and in how many cases were protests made by the British Representative.
§ Mr. KershawAbout 50 British subjects were expelled or declared prohibited immigrants in Zambia during 1971 and the High Commission made representations on behalf of 11 of these. I regret that files for earlier years have been destroyed.
Since all independent Governments have the right to decide who may live in their countries and to expel or exclude anyone in accordance with their laws, representations made by the United Kingdom authorities are reserved for cases where the manner in which this right is exercised appears to cause hardship.