§ 1. Mr. DAYasked the Minister of Labour the number of permits that have been issued during the previous 12 months, under Article 1 (3) (6) of the Aliens Order, 1920, in respect to women and girls to enable them to take up domestic work in this country; and can she give the original nationality of these persons?
§ The MINISTER of LABOUR (Miss Bondfield)The number of permits issued in respect of alien women to enable them to enter and to take up domestic work in this country during the year 1929 was 4,151. I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table giving the detail of this total.
§ Mr. DAYDoes my right hon. Friend think that it is necessary to bring in 4,000 people under the conditions which exist in this country?
§ Miss BONDFIELDCertainly
Following is the table:Permits issued in respect of alien females (women and girls) to enable them to enter and take up domestic work in this country during the year 1929.
§ From:
| America (U.S.A.) | … | … | 1 |
| Austria | … | … | 142 |
| Belgium | … | … | 58 |
| Brazil | … | … | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | … | … | 62 |
| Denmark | … | … | 636 |
| Holland | … | … | 52 |
| Estonia | … | … | 5 |
| Finland | … | … | 26 |
| France | … | … | 371 |
| Germany | … | … | 491 |
| Greece | … | … | 9 |
| Hungary | … | … | 14 |
| Iceland | … | … | 2 |
| Italy | … | … | 115 |
| Jugo-Slavia | … | … | 7 |
| Latvia | … | … | 5 |
| Luxemburg | … | … | 4 |
| Norway | … | … | 109 |
| Persia | … | … | 1 |
| Poland | … | … | 15 |
| Portugal | … | … | 1 |
| Rumania | … | … | 7 |
| Russia | … | … | 10 |
| Spain | … | … | 13 |
| Sweden | … | … | 142 |
| Switzerland | … | … | 1,852 |
| 4,151 |