§ 84. Mr. Anstruther-Grayasked the Home Secretary whether he will give an 1824 assurance that the forecast grant of working permits to refugees granted asylum in this country will not be held necessarily to qualify them for naturalisation?
§ Mr. PeakeThere are already many aliens who are allowed to take employment, including many domestic servants, and there is no necessary connection between permission to take employment and eligibility for naturalisation. If, however, an alien renders good service to this country during the war, account must obviously be taken of this, together with all other relevant considerations, should he subsequently apply for naturalisation.
§ Mr. Anstruther-GrayWill my hon. Friend also consider that, in the event of there being an unemployment problem after the war, it would be unsatisfactory to have naturalised aliens filling jobs that ought to be open to British-born subjects?
§ Mr. PeakeI think I have made it clear that employment itself does not give any added title to naturalisation.