Commonwealth Immigrants (Dependants)

HC Deb 25 January 1973 vol 849 cc206-7W

Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what date he estimates that the inflow of Commonwealth immigrants' dependants will have reached minimal proportions.

Mr. Lane

Numbers have declined steeply over the past five years, and should continue to decline, but I cannot be more specific.

Mr. Deakins

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what conditions Commonwealth immigrants in the United Kingdom are free to seek employment in the EEC.

Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what conditions Commonwealth immigrants in the United Kingdom are free to seek employment in the enlarged EEC.

Mr. Lane

Commonwealth citizens who are citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies or British subjects without citizenship and who have the right of abode in the United Kingdom under Section 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 are free to seek employment in the European Economic Community.