§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give, for the calendar year to the latest convenient date, the number of Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders and Ugandan Asians who were refused entry into Great Britain, and for what reasons.
§ Mr. LaneDuring the year ended 30th September, 1972, 66 Australians, 91 Canadians and 14 New Zealanders were refused admission. Separate figures for Ugandan Asians are not available, but 230 United Kingdom passport holders from East Africa were refused admission during the same period. Where a United Kingdom passport holder is refused admission, this is almost invariably because he is seeking settlement without having obtained the necessary special voucher Where a passenger from the old Commonwealth is refused admission, this may be for a variety of reasons: in particular, seeking employment without having obtained a voucher, or insufficient means in the case of a visitor.