§ 20. Commander Locker-Lampsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why a German national, of whose name he has been informed, was recently released from the Isle of Man after three years internment; and whether he has been drafted to work of national importance?
§ The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Herbert Morrison)I was satisfied that the German refugee from Nazi oppression, to whom my hon. and gallant Friend refers, could now be released from internment without prejudice to the interests either of national security or of public order. I therefore authorised his release after he gave an undertaking to perform in any part of the United Kingdom any work of national importance, including training, for which the Minister of Labour and National Service considered that he was fitted. I am informed by my right hon. Friend that the man was assigned to work appropriate to his qualifications.