Captain A. EVANSasked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the fact that the American chorus girls performing 2670W in London have not kept English girls out of work and of the reprisals threatened by America on the large number of British actors and actresses employed in that country, and of the amount of money circulated as a result of this form of entertainment, he will reconsider his decision not to renew the permits of these girls?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEADIt has not been the ordinary practice to issue permits for the employment of foreign chorus girls in Cabaret Shows. Exception to this practice was allowed in the cases to which my hon. Friend refers. Although permission was given temporarily in the first instance, it has in fact been extended for a consinerable period, and I regret it is not possible to continue this indefinitely.