§ Major AINSWORTHasked the Minister of Labour if, taking the number of aliens who have been allowed to land in this country, he will give the trades in connection with which they have been permitted to enter and the numbers in each case absorbed by such trades?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDBy Article 1 (3) (b) of the Aliens Order, 1920, an alien is not permitted to land in Great Britain and Northern Ireland unless, if desirous of entering the services of an employer, he produces a permit in writing for his engagement issued to the employer by the Minister of Labour.
The following table (I) gives the number of permits granted and refused for the year 1926 and the trades and occupations for which the aliens were required.
(I). Trades and occupations. Granted. Refused. Domestic Servants (note a) 1,872 473 Musicians, including soloists (note b[) 318 34 Theatrical, vaudeville and concert artistes (note b) 1,453 78 Foreign correspondents, clerks, volunteer business trainees, etc. 606 101 Telegraph operators (transfers from foreign stations) 9 — Mosaic, terrazzo and marble workers, etc. 2 11 Engineers to erect and repair imported machinery (note b) 218 16 Sugar beet industry (machinery erectors and specialist workers) 173 — Seine net fishers, cod splitters, whale fishing, etc. (seasonal employment) 50 6 Hotel and restaurant employés (mainly in exchange for British employés proceeding abroad for experience) 133 39 Teachers of foreign languages 338 5 Nurses (mainly probationers for training) 45 — Miscellaneous 323 231 Totals 5,540 994 Notes.—(a) Permits almost wholly for females. (b) Permits all for short periods. If an alien is allowed to land for purposes other than employment, e.g., as a visitor or student, and subsequently 583W desires to take up employment, the Minister of Labour is consulted by the Home Office before permission is given. The following table (II) shows the number of aliens who, after having landed as visitors, etc., were permitted to take up work or in respect of whom permission was refused for the year 1926, and the trades and occupations fur which the aliens were required.
(II). Granted. Refused. Domestic servants (note a) 305 51 Musicians including soloists (note b) 18 2 Theatrical, vaudeville and concert artistes (note b) 14 10 Foreign correspondents, clerks, volunteer business trainees, etc. 282 61 Engineers to erect and repair imported machinery (note b) 38 6 Mosaic, terrazzo and marble workers, etc. — 2 Sugar beet industry, including machinery erectors and specialists 5 — Hotel and restaurant employés mainly in exchange for British employés proceeding abroad for experience 10 25 Teachers of foreign languages 53 2 Nurses (mainly probationers for training) 13 — Miscellaneous 98 69 836 228 Notes.—(a) Permissions almost wholly for females. (b) Permissions all for short periods.
§ Miss LAWRENCEasked the Home Secretary whether he has at any time within the last two years exercised the powers he possesses of deporting without trial aliens who have fraudulently or irregularly entered this country; and what is the longest time that such person has been detained in prison before deportation?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI observe the rule that aliens who have entered this country irregularly must go out again; and in some cases I have made Deportation Orders with any necessary custody to ensure their departure. I cannot answer the last part of the question, but I am willing to look into any specific case which the hon. Member may bring before me.