HC Deb 22 November 1962 vol 667 cc148-9W
44. Sir C. Osborne

asked the Minister of Labour, in view of the growing number of redundancies on the railways and the growing unemployment in Scotland, Merseyside, and the North-East, if Her Majesty's Government will give greater weight to the unemployment situation when granting permits for immigrants to come to this country; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Whitelaw

My right hon. Friend has made it clear on previous occasions that the employment situation is one of the factors which the Government takes into account in controlling immigration under the Commonwealth Immigrants Act.