HC Deb 23 September 1948 vol 456 c132W
34. Mr. Kendall

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he will not grant permission for Miss Erzsebet Paszle, a Hungarian domestic, to enter this country to take up service in a farmer's household.

Mr. Ede

As has already been explained to the hon. Member in correspondence, foreigners can only be allowed to come here on labour permits if it is practicable to require them to leave the country should that course prove desirable in the public interest. The difficulty of securing the return to Hungary of persons who come here for employment makes this impracticable at present and I regret, therefore, that I do not feel able to authorise visas in such cases.