HC Deb 30 July 1947 vol 441 c47W
11. Mr. Hurd

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if it is with his approval that Germans repatriated from this country are being denied food cards or subsistence allowances unless they agree to work in the mines; and whether those men required to do so have been passed as medically fit for heavy work.

Mr. Bevin

All male Germans between the ages of 14 and 65 are required to register for work as a condition for receiving a food ration card. Men passed medically fit for coal mining are liable to compulsory direction to the mines.

Back to