HC Deb 08 August 1940 vol 364 cc379-80
14. Mr. R. C. Morrison

asked the Minister of Labour on whose instructions employers engaged on munition and aircraft work are refusing to employ men of British birth because of their alien parentage; and will he take steps to cancel this instruction?

Mr. Bevin

I know of no general instruction debarring British persons of alien birth from employment on munitions or aircraft work. If my hon. Friend has any particular cases in mind, he should refer them to the Minister responsible for the work in question.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

Has my right hon. Friend's attention been called to a very shocking case at Birmingham, where the son of a German mother has been arrested just because he happens to be the son of a German mother?

Mr. Bevin

I have no knowledge of that.

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