§ 4. Mr. Fisherasked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if the Government will now implement the recommendation of the Oversea Migration Board in their successive annual reports that the child migration allowance of 10s. per week per child to the Fairbridge Society and the Northcote Children's Emigration Trust should be increased to £1 per week per child.
§ Mr. AlportMy noble Friend has considered this recommendation but has reached the conclusion that it would not be right to increase the maintenance rates for migrant children on the information at present available to him.
§ Mr. FisherAs my hon. Friend is now Chairman of the Oversea Migration Board, which has twice made this recommendation in successive reports—it was, in fact, a recommendation to him from 516 his predecessor—will he use his influence with the Treasury to secure the implementation of such a relatively modest but helpful increase?
§ Mr. AlportIf my hon. Friend has any further information which he would like to put before me or would care to discuss the matter with me, I shall be only too glad to go into it with him.