HC Deb 23 April 1947 vol 436 cc1016-7
30. Mr. Driberg

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how long it will be before the plan which will provide opportunities for the training of coloured girls as nurses, referred to in the memorandum by the Governor of Bermuda on the petition from the Bermuda Workers' Association, will take effect; and if he will ensure that interim arrangements are made to remove the present discrimination against coloured applicants for training at the King Edward Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Creech Jones

It is hoped that plans for the training of coloured girls as nurses will come into operation this year. As my hon. Friend is aware, the Government of Bermuda have been asked to take into consideration the petition presented by the Bermuda Workers' Association, and I hope that it will make recommendations in due course concerning the situation at the King Edward Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Driberg

Meanwhile will my right hon. Friend try to stop the recruiting of white applicants from Canada and various other colonies besides Bermuda—[HON. MEMBERS: "Why?"]—so as to allow an apportunity for local recruitment?