§ Sir E. Graham-Littleasked the Minister of Transport if he will inquire into the case, details of which have been submitted to him, of Mr. Arthur Craig, who served throughout the war in the Merchant Navy and now wishes to take up an engineering position in Buenos Aires to supervise repairs to British merchant vessels, taking his wife who is a subject of Argentina and his child, but is unable to secure sea-passages; and, as the serious illness of his wife requires an operation in her native country, if he will allocate priority of passage to these people.
§ Mr. BarnesThe demand for passages to South America greatly exceeds the accommodation available. The Departments concerned endeavour to allot the available space fairly between the applicants. I regret that Mr. Craig's case, on its own merits, is not considered to qualify him for special facilities in comparison with68W other applicants. Further consideration will be given to the case submitted by Mrs. Craig, on compassionate grounds.