HC Deb 06 March 1928 vol 161 cc306-7W
Mr. C. WILSON

asked the Home Secretary whether he can give for the year 1922 the same particulars in regard to alien immigration as he has already given foe I he months of November, December and January?

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

Particulars for the whole year 1922 are not at present available in the form desired, but it is the intention when they are reviewed for the purposes of the Annual Report that they should be analysed, so far as possible, on the same lines as were followed provisionally as regards the months mentioned by the hon. Member.

Colonel ALEXANDER

asked the Home Secretary what action, if any, he has taken to restrict the employment of alien waiters; and whether he is prepared to introduce legislation which would restrict the employment in this country of alien waiters in excess of 25 per cent. of the total number of British waiters employed in any hotel, restaurant, railway dining saloon, and passenger boat registered under the British flag?

Major BOYD-CARPENTER

I have been asked to reply. No alien may enter this country for employment unless his prospective employer has obtained a permit from the Ministry of Labour. The issue of permits is severely restricted, and a permit would only be granted in respect of foreign hotel employés in exceptional circumstances. With regard to the last part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply—of which I am sending him a copy—given to the hon. and gallant Member for Maidstone (Commander Bellairs) on the 21st February.

Mr. C. WILSON

asked the Home Secretary what alterations are to be made in the administration of the Aliens Act so as to secure strict control over alien immigration?

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

I am not proposing to alter the administration of the law in this matter, but intend to maintain it on the lines which I explained and which the House approved last Wednesday night.