§ 68. Mr. Sorensenasked the Minister of Labour, in order to ease the shortage of hospital nurses and domestic staff, whether further steps will be taken to invite applications both for training in nursing and for domestic work from foreign and colonial sources, including West Africa.
§ Mr. IsaacsIn addition to those coining from overseas under existing schemes, 1,000 women selected from displaced persons now in British zone of Germany, will shortly be arriving in this country for domestic work in T.B. hospitals. The extension of this scheme to include 237W student nurse and also domestic workers for other types of hospital is under consideration. Further extension of recruitment from abroad will be considered in the light of experience of this scheme.