HC Deb 28 April 1926 vol 194 cc2044-5W
Captain GUEST

asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will give the figures of British emigration to the United States from 1919 onwards; and whether the full quota allowed to this country by the United States emigration laws has in every year been filled?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER:

The numbers of British subjects recorded as leaving permanent residence in the British Isles to take up permanent residence in the United States during the United States fiscal years ended 30th June, 1919 to 1925, are shown in column (2) of the following table. The figures shown in column (3) represent the total numbers of British immigrants admissible into the United States under the Acts of 19th May, 1921, and 26th May, 1924, during these fiscal years. Column (4) shows the number admitted and chargeable to quota during these years, according to the "Reports of the United States Commissioner-General of Immigration":

fixed by the United States of America for British immigrants for 1926?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER:

The official quota of British immigrants from Great Britain and Northern Ireland to be admitted into the United States during the year ending 30th Tune, 1926, is 34,007. That from the Irish Free State is 28,567.

Sir J. PENNEFATHER

asked the President of the Board of Trade the figures of emigration from Great Britain to the United States of America for the years 1922–23 and for the years 1924 and 1925, and any reason for the decline during the latter period?

Mr. A. M. SAMUEL:

I would refer my lion Friend to the answer I gave him to the same question on the 16th April, a copy of which I am sending him.

First three months of Australia. Canada. Rest of British Empire Overseas. Total British Empire Overseas.
1923* … … … 10,192 10,220 6,003 26,415
1924 … … … 10,159 10,998 6,167 27,324
1925 … … … 9,035 5,865 7,588 22,488
1926 … … … 12,160 8,250 8,483 28,893
* The figures for the first quarter of 1923 cover the emigrants from Great Britain and the whole of Ireland.

Mr. PALING

asked the Minister of Labour how many agricultural training centres exist in this country; the number of men in training in such centres; how many have gone overseas; and how many have settled on the land at home?

Mr. BETTERTON:

The existing scheme for agricultural training is intended for overseas settlers. There are at present two centres at which this training is given. 178 men are now in training and 43 have already proceeded overseas after training.