§ Mr. MILLARasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in the Civil Service of the Mother Country or of any of the Dominions, any difference is made for the purposes of recruitment between the citizens of any co-equal nation of the British commonwealth of nations; and, if so, whether he will specify such difference in respect of treatment?
Mr. GRAHAMI have been asked to reply. As regards the home Civil Service the only such difference is that, except by special permission of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affaire, only persons actually born within the United Kingdom, or in one of the self-governing Dominions, of parents also born within those territories, are eligible for appointment to the Foreign Office or the Department of Overseas Trade. As regard the Dominions, inquiries will be made.