§ 68. Mr. Platts-Millsasked the Postmaster-General how many aliens have been given temporary employment in the foreign service of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and what are their nationalities.
§ Mr. HobsonThe British Broadcasting Corporation states that, on 28th February, 1949, 318 aliens were in temporary employment in its foreign service. Forty-two nationalities are involved and I give the details below.
Nationality No. Nationality No. Albanian … 4 Iran (Persia) … 10 American … 2 Italian … 14 Argentinian … 3 Japanese … 2 Austrian … 6 Latvian … 1 Belgian … 6 Lithuanian … 1 Brazilian … 14 Norwegian … 8 Burmese … 3 Ottoman … 1 Bulgarian … 4 Palestinian … 10 Chilean … 3 Peruvian … 1 Chinese … 7 Polish … 17 Colombian … 3 Portuguese … 5 Czech … 14 Roumanian … 6 Danish … 6 Russian … 13 Dutch … 9 Siamese … 3 Egyptian … 14 Spanish … 23 Finnish … 6 Swedish … 8 French … 26 Swiss … 2 German … 18 Turkish … 5 Greek … 7 Uruguayan … 1 Hungarian … 5 Venezuelan … 1 Irakian … 2 Yugoslav … 8 Total … 302
Sick and Holiday Reliefs: Nationality No. Nationality No. Belgian … … 1 Italian … 1 Czech … … 1 Norwegian … 1 French … … 3 Palestinian … 2 Hungarian … … 2 Roumanian … 1 Iranian … … 1 Yugoslav … 3 Total … 16 Grand Total … 318