HC Deb 03 August 1939 vol 350 cc2647-8W
Colonel Wedgwood

asked the Home Secretary whether he will grant a domestic permit to Frau Chaja Perl Lasmann, Lodz, Registration No. 26,161, in view of the fact that the application was lodged on 10th April, 1939; that she is destitute in Lodz after expulsion from Germany; and that the domestic bureau forwarded the case to the Home Office so long ago as 15th May?

Mr. Peake

My right hon. Friend is informed that Mrs. Lasmann wishes to come to this country until arrangements can be made for her husband, who is also living in Poland, to establish himself in the United Kingdom or some other country. The rule which the Home Office has made in agreement with the domestic bureau in the case of a married woman, is not to bring her to this country for domestic work unless suitable plans can be made for the settlement of her husband. My right hon. Friend would be prepared to give further consideration to the case of Mr. and Mrs. Lasmann if a proposal were made in respect of them both by one of the refugee organisations.