HC Deb 05 July 1922 vol 156 cc391-2W
Major GLYN

asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the large numbers of unemployed persons in the United Kingdom, it is intended to take precautions to prevent the arrival of Irish unskilled labour for the harvests in England and Scotland: and what is the approximate number of persons on the register of Employment Exchanges in the United Kingdom who have recently arrived from Ireland and can give no references as to previous employment in British works, etc.?

Sir M. BARLOW

There is at present no power to restrict the how of labour between Great Britain and Ireland. I cannot give the figures asked for in the latter part of the question, which could not be obtained without detailed inquiry.