§ 23. Mr. Platts-Millsasked the Postmaster-General what general conditions he has prescribed as to the employment of aliens in the British Broadcasting Corporation; and in particular at the monitoring station, Caversham.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingI give below a statement of the general conditions prescribed for the employment of aliens in the home and foreign service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The staff at the monitoring station, Caversham, are employed under the foreign service conditions.
The following are the conditions
- 1. No alien shall be employed unless the Corporation is fully satisfied, after consulting the appropriate Department of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, that a British subject with qualifications required for the post is unobtainable.
- 2. Subject to condition 1, aliens may be given temporary employment in the foreign service without individual authority from the Postmaster-General, provided the appointment concerned complies with the terms of the relaxation of the Nationality Rule applied to Civil Servants.
- 3. Aliens may be given temporary employment in Departments other than those dealing with foreign services only with the specific written authority of the Postmaster-General.
- 4. Permanent employment of aliens in any department may be given only with the specific written authority of the Postmaster-General. Such an appointment should be regarded as requiring special justification and should, if possible, be confined to the foreign services. The fact that a suitable qualified British candidate for a permanent post is not at the moment available should not in itself
285 be considered sufficient reason for the permanent filling of it by an alien, though it could be temporarily filled in accordance with 2 or 3 above.