§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to question passengers on arrival from the USA on their ethical beliefs, and to deny entry to any person who sanctions the use of violence in pursuit of their anti-abortion beliefs.
§ Mr. Charles WardleIt is not generally the practice of the immigration service to question passengers about their ethical beliefs and it would be both oppressive and 625W impractical to require them routinely to do so. The immigration piles provide that a passenger requiring leave to enter, except the wife or child under 18 of a person settled in the United Kingdom, may be refused entry on the ground that his exclusion is conducive to the public good. This may arise either because my right hon. and learned Friend has personally so directed or where, from information available to the immigration officer, it seems right to refuse leave to enter on that ground. These powers will continue to be exercised in appropriate cases.