HC Deb 01 July 1971 vol 820 c161W
47. Mr. Edelman

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what facilities he has arranged for British workers to take employment in Germany; how many workers have emigrated for that purpose; and what type of employment they have taken.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Arrangements are being made with the Federal Institute of Labour for vacancies with West German firms to be circulated to employment exchanges in this country and for interested British workers to have full information about conditions of employment in West Germany, on 30th January last about 15,000 British workers were known to be employed in the Federal Republic, mainly in engineering and service industries.

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