HC Deb 27 April 1950 vol 474 c131W
130. Mr. Renton

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will ensure that, when and where British students and foreign students are available for agricultural employment during the coming season, British students are employed in preference to foreign students.

Mr. Isaacs

The admission of foreign students to supplement the workers available for seasonal agricultural work should not prejudice the employment of British students, who also have opportunities of similar employment abroad. I do not think that hard-and-fast rules can be laid down as to the allocation of the work available.