Sir George Cave went on to say that persons who
were not natural- born British subjects would be required to obtain a Hanle Office licence if they wished to change their names. He reminded the House that enemy aliens were forbidden by statute to change their names during the war. Further, no person should be employed in a Government office unless he were the child of natural-born British or Allied subjects, save in cases where there was " a good national reason " for relaxing the rule. Every alien would have to carry an identity-book. Undesirable aliens would be deported as soon as there were ships free to carry them. Enemy applications for patents would no longer be received• To expedite the winding up of enemy businesses, the Board of Trade would be empowered to wind up enemy companies. The Courts would be asked to wind up the German banks. A Bill would be introduced to prohibit for a period of years after the war the opening of a bank by a subject of the countries now at war with us. In the debate that followed Mr. Lloyd George, without snaking any new or definite promise, added several coats of paint to the lily of Sir George Cave's language. The Home Secretary's proposals must be carried out " vigorously, rigorously, but with absolute fairness."
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