HC Deb 20 November 1979 vol 974 c92W
Mr. Anderson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the reason for excluding nationals of Japan from the scope of paragraph 26 of Cmnd. 7750.

Mr. Raison

The au pair arrangement has been abused by girls from more distant countries seeking to settle or to obtain employment in the United Kingdom, and in order to prevent this abuse the arrangement is to be confined to nationals of Western European countries.

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