§ 72. Mr. McEnteeasked the Home Secretary how many applications he has had from local authorities or private hospitals to grant permits to foreign nurses to work in hospitals in Great Britain; how many permits have been granted during the past year; and how many are awaiting decision?
§ Mr. G. LloydThe Ministry of Labour issued 224 permits during 1938 to hospitals to employ foreign nurses, and in addition made 98 favourable recommendations to the Home Office in respect of persons already in the United Kingdom who wished to enter hospital posts. In 89 cases the Ministry of Labour was unable either to issue a permit or to make a favourable recommendation to the Home Office. Fifty cases are outstanding. In addition to the cases dealt with under the normal procedure, arrangements were made in October with the Nursing Sub-Committee of the Co-ordinating Committee for Refugees to allow German women to undertake work as nurses in hospitals in this country, and visas were authorised in 63 cases up to the end of 1938.