§ 65. Mr. G. FABERasked the Home Secretary what were the respective positions and salaries and ages of the six Germans and Austrians lately employed at the Deutsche Bank, the Dresdner Bank, and the Disconto-Gesellschaft, who have been permitted by him to remain uninterned after their services at the said banks were terminated; how long had they been, respectively, employed at the said banks; and what are the general principles which have been observed throughout by the Home Office in granting exemptions from internment?
Mr. SAMUELThree of these persons were, respectively, sub-manager, deputy sub-manager, and accountant of the Deutsche Bank, their ages being fifty-six, fifty-seven, and seventy, and their salaries £1,000, £650, and £370. They had been thirty-three, twenty-five, and forty-two years, respectively, in the employment of the Bank, A fourth was chief of the bill department of the Disconto-Gesellschaft, aged forty-seven, salary £360, eleven years in the employment of the bank. I have not full information about the other two, but am obtaining it. The Advisory Committee recommended that exemptions from internment should be given on the ground of long residence and British connections in the case of persons who were free from all suspicion, and the principles laid down by them have been followed throughout.