HC Deb 19 March 1947 vol 435 c81W
109. Mr. Beswick

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to what extent His Majesty's Government is accepting any financial responsibility for emigrants to Southern Rhodesia; and whether any specific arrangements have been made with regard to building artisans.

Mr. Bottomley

Financial responsibility in the matter of migration to Southern Rhodesia is confined to the arrangements, already announced, but not yet operative, whereby free passages will be granted to a limited number of suitable British men and women who have served in the Armed Forces or Merchant Navy of the United Kingdom during the recent war. The answer to the second part, of the Question is in the negative.