HC Deb 16 October 1975 vol 897 c815W
Mr. George Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what grounds the Governor of St. Helena decided that it was not in the public interest that Mr. G. A. D. Thornton should enter the colony.

Mr. Rowlands

The Governor of St. Helena has issued an exclusion order against Mr. G. A. D. Thornton under Section 10(1) of the St. Helena Immigration Ordinance 1972. He did so on the advice of the Executive Council of St. Helena and after consideration of all the factors involved. The constitutional and legal responsibility in this matter rests with the Governor of St. Helena, as does a decision whether or not the reasons for making the exclusion order should be made public.