§ 24. Mr. Stanbrookasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the high level of unemployment in Great Britain among workers who have nowhere else to go, he will propose 1416 a scheme to encourage the voluntary repatriation of immigrant workers on the lines of that adopted in France.
§ Mr. StanbrookIs the hon. Gentleman aware that there are thousands of native-born Britons who are unemployed in this country whereas thousands of immigrant workers from abroad, whose homes, families and loyalties lie elsewhere in the world, are filling the jobs of our people? Will he put the interests of Britons first?
§ Mr. JohnFirst, I totally reject the idea that it is immigrants who cause or aggravate unemployment. Secondly, there is a fundamental difference when those who come here regard Britain as their settled home. I reject totally the idea of divided loyalties among our minority communities.