§ Mr. Dayasked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the number of permits used in respect of alien females, women and girls, to enable them to take up domestic work in this country for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date; and what is the original nationality of these persons?
§ Mr. E. Brown:The number of permits issued for the employment of foreign females in domestic service in this country during the 12 months ended 31st March, 1938, was 13,576. The nationalities of the foreigners concerned were as follow:
Number of Nationals of permits. America, United States of … 8 Austria … 7,007 Belgium … 31 Bulgaria … 2 Czechoslovakia … 354 Danzig … 3 Denmark … 559 Egypt … 1 Estonia … 60 Finland … 26 France … 133 Germany … 1,267 Greece … 13 Hungary … 787 Iceland … 2 Iran … 1 Italy … 159 Japan … 1 Latvia … 12 Lithuania … 3 Luxemburg … 10 Netherlands … 168 Norway … 371 Palestine … 2 Poland … 36 Portugal … 16 Roumania … 20 Spain … 24 Sweden … 203 Switzerland … 2,210 Turkey … 1 Uruguay … 1 U.S.S.R. … 2 Yugoslavia … 68 Stateless … 15 … 13,576