§ 40. Flight-Lieutenant Teelingasked the Minister of Labour whether he is now in a position to make any statement about the release of volunteers from South and Central American countries who have been serving in His Majesty's Forces and who are required in South and Central America to further our trade interests in those countries.
§ Mr. IsaacsVolunteers from South and Central America will in general be released, like other members of the Armed Forces, in order of age and length of service. If, however, a particular individual is a key specialist urgently required to further our trade interests in those countries, it is open to his employer, or, if he is in business on his own account, to the man himself, to apply through the appropriate Government Department in this country, for his release as an individual specialist in Class B.
§ Flight-Lieutenant TeelingWhile thanking the right hon. Gentleman for that reply, may I ask whether he can tell us 1905 who would be the appropriate person to whom an employer, who would be living in South America, should apply? Would it be the Ambassador or a particular Department in this country? That is what I wanted to get at.
§ Mr. IsaacsI was not clear that that was what the hon. and gallant Member meant.
§ Flight-Lieutenant TeelingI asked the Question three weeks ago.
§ Mr. IsaacsThere seems to have been a mistake, and if the hon. and gallant Member will be good enough to have a word with me I will try to straighten matters out.