HC Deb 25 January 1940 vol 356 c820W
Sir R. Glyn

asked the Home Secretary whether there is any record of the number of citizens of Eire who have come to the United Kingdom for enlistment in one of the Services or to obtain work respectively; and whether, in view of the prevailing unemployment in this country, steps will be taken to restrict the entry of Irishmen, except for the purposes of enlistment, in view of the fact that Eire being neutral now cannot claim the same rights as the other Dominions?

Sir J. Anderson

I regret that I have no information which would enable me to reply to the first part of this Question. As regards the second part, it has been the accepted policy of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom not to discriminate between British residents in different parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations.