§ 35. Mrs. Shirley Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether parents of Commonwealth immigrants resident in Britain, who for reasons of age or illness are unable to maintain themselves, and whose child or children resident in Britain are their sole means of support, will normally be permitted to enter this country.
§ Sir F. SoskiceYes.
§ Mrs. Shirley Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether children under the age of 16 years, who are orphaned or whose parents are unable to maintain them by reason of illness, and whose brother or sister resident in Britain is their sole means of support, will normally be permitted to enter this country.
§ Mr. George ThomasMy right hon. and learned Friend is ready to consider sympathetically any case of this kind.
§ Sir C. Osborneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the fact that in September, 54,319 Commonwealth immigrants were admitted into the United Kingdom, including from Cyprus 1,248, Ghana 1,127, Hong Kong, 1,172, India 6,242, Jamaica 2,080, Malaysia 1,516, Malta 1,021, Nigeria 1,948, Pakistan 1,940, and Trinidad 1,038, when his policy of restricting all immigration to less than 10,000 per annum will be implemented; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. George ThomasThe only category of Commonwealth immigrant whose admission is subject to a numerical limit is those who come here for employment.