HC Deb 08 July 1941 vol 373 c47W
Mr. Rostron Duckworth

asked the Minister of Labour, what percentage of the Gibraltar refugees of both sexes over the age of 16 are doing any sort of work in this country at the present time?

Mr. Bevin

My information is that nearly all the refugees from Gibraltar are engaged in work, either in employment or in the centres in which they are accommodated, unless they are women who are unable to go out to work because they have young children to look after, or unless they have arrived in this country very recently. Arrangements are in hand for placing these people in work as quickly as possible.