HC Deb 01 May 1939 vol 346 cc1512-3W
Colonel Wedgwood

asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the case of the refugees, Mr. and Mrs. Max Diamant, applied for by Mr. Parry, of Petton Hall, Salop, through the Society of Friends in Manchester, as a domestic couple at 80 a year; and will he authorise the issue of visas although the wage is below the£104 usually demanded, in view of the fact that their two children of six and eight years of age are already in England?

Mr. Peake

A minimum joint wage of £100 a year is required in these cases and my right hon. Friend is informed that the prospective employer of Mr. and Mrs. Diamant is prepared to pay this wage. The Society of Friends have submitted the case to my right hon. Friend on this basis, and a decision will be reached within the next day or two.

Wing-Commander James

asked the Home Secretary whether any refugees enter this country from Eire; and, if so, whether exactly the same conditions of entry and residence apply to them as to similar persons arriving direct at a British port?

Sir S. Hoare

An alien on entering the United Kingdom from Eire is liable to all the provisions of the Aliens Order and any condition which may have been imposed on his stay by the authorities in Eire is, under the Order, operative in this country.