HC Deb 04 March 1924 vol 170 cc1219-20W
Mr. HARMSWORTH

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he will obtain from the authorities of the British Empire Exhibition a guarantee that no alien is at present employed, if that be a fact, nor will be employed either in connection with the catering service or in any other capacity whatever in connection with the exhibition?

Mr. LUNN

I am informed by the board of the British Empire Exhibition that no aliens are, or will be, employed by them in any capacity in connection with the exhibition. They have also

Dependency. Current Financial Year. Estimated Revenue. Estimated Expenditure.
£ £
Kenya 1924 1,913,403 1,907,234
Uganda 1924 964,800 967,342*
Tanganyika Territory 1923–24 2,007,540† 1,936,109
Nyasaland 1923–24 316,372† 354,351
Northern Rhodesia 1923–24 237,443 344,037
* Subject to revision. † Including Imperial loans-in-aid.

impressed upon the caterers the necessity for employing only British subjects.