§ 32. Mr. Michael Footasked the Minister of Labour, what consultations 4W took place with local authorities, the Trades Union Congress and the Employers' Federation before the figures were determined for Commonwealth immigrants in the White Paper Command Paper No. 2739.
§ Mr. GunterI would refer my hon. Friend to the statement I made to the House in the course of the debate on the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill on 24th November.
§ Mr. Michael Footasked the Minister of Labour, how many Commonwealth immigrants have been employed in the transport services for the years 1963 to 1965, inclusive: and what is the proportion of these who have been specially recruited for such employment, and from which territories, respectively.
§ Mr. GunterI regret that the information asked for in the first part of the Question is not available. From 1st January, 1963 to 26th November, 1965, 1,890 Category A vouchers have been issued for employment in the Transport and Communications group of industries. The distribution of these between the Harts of the Commonwealth is given below.
Territory Number of vouchers Aden … 2 Antigua … 1 Australia … 19 Bahamas … 1 Barbados … 1,536 British Guiana … 6 Canada … 14 Ceylon … 11 Cyprus … 6 Dominica … 1 Fiji … 2 Ghana … 10 Gibraltar … 7 Grenada … 4 Hong Kong … 4 India … 71 Jamaica … 26 Kenya … 6 Malaysia … 14 Malta … 82 Mauritius … 5 New Zealand … 2 Nigeria … 7 Pakistan … 39 St. Helena … 2 St. Lucia … 1 Seychelles … 2 Tanzania … 4 Trinidad & Tobago … 4 Others … 1 … 1,890