HC Deb 21 January 1943 vol 386 c297
56. Dr. Little

asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the large number of unemployed in Northern Ireland who are anxious to be engaged in war work, he will give instructions that no further permits will be granted to persons outside its bounds to enable them to cross the border in search of work until its own unemployed have been absorbed in industry?

Mr. H. Morrison

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which my right hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State gave yesterday.

Dr. Little

Is my right hon. Friend aware that statements are being made privately and in the Press that natives of Northern Ireland are being paid off, even members of the Home Guard and Special Constabulary, and that outsiders are being taken on and given work? Is it not time that this was stopped?

Mr. Morrison

I was not aware of that.

Dr. Little

Then will my right hon. Friend receive a newspaper cutting from me and look into the matter?

Mr. Morrison

I regularly read newspaper cuttings, and another one will not do me any harm.

Dr. Little

It might do my right hon. Friend some good.