HC Deb 16 November 1944 vol 404 cc2144-5W
Mr. Keeling

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give the same priority to British subjects to return to pre-war employment and pre-war wives in France and Belgium that is enjoyed by Frenchmen and Belgians.

Mr. H. Morrison

No facilities for private travel to France and Belgium are as yet available. When the time comes for the return of pre-war residents, I shall be prepared to grant exit permits to British subjects for this purpose, subject to security and man-power considerations. They will, however, require to obtain French or Belgian visas, in order to enter those countries; and the priority which the French and Belgian authorities are prepared to give is primarily for those authorities to determine.