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COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO. Y CIRCULAR 86
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QUOTA WOULD NOT (REPEAT NOT) BE AT EXPENSE OF INDEPENDENT TERRITORIES AND WE HOPE OTHER COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENTS WILL UNDERSTAND AND APPROVE ACTION OF THIS KIND.
(B) CATEGORY A VOUCHERS HAVE HITHERTO BEEN AVAILABLE FOR ANY FIRM OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT. PROPOSAL IS THAT VOUCHERS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED IN RESPECT OF EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. BUT VOUCHERS FOR SERVICE, CONSTRUCTION OR EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO WORK WHICH IS, IN THE OPINION OF MINISTER OF LABOUR, OF SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL VALUE TO U.K. THIS COULD COVER FOR EXAMPLE HIGH MANAGERIAL APPOINTMENTS, NON- PROFESSIONAL STAFF IN HOSPITALS, TECHNICIANS OF VARIOUS KINDS, DRAUGHTSMEN, BROADCASTERS, JOURNALISTS, ARTISTS AND DOMESTIC SERVANTS WHOSE SERVICES WOULD FREE PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE. THIS LIST IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE AND WOULD BE CHANGED IN LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE. RESTRICTION WOULD NOT (REPEAT NOT) APPLY TO EMPLOYMENT OBTAINED THROUGH APPROVED RECRUITMENT SCHEMES OPERATED BY OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENTS (E. G. LONDON TRANSPORT BOARD SCHEME IN WEST INDIES). IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT APPLY TO MALTA BECAUSE OF SPECIAL QUOTA ARRANGEMENTS. IT WOULD NOT APPLY TO DEPENDENT TERRITORIES BECAUSE EFFECT WOULD BE TOO DRASTIC. MAIN EFFECT WOULD BE ON EMPLOYMENT IN CATERING INDUSTRY, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO INDIAN AND PAKISTAN RESTAURANT STAFF AND TO A LESSER DEGREE TO CYPRIOT RESTAURANT STAFF. (C) PROPOSAL THAT MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT TEACHERS COMING TO U.K. ON STRENGTH OF NOMINAL QUALIFICATIONS BUT WHO ARE UNLIKELY TO FIND EMPLOYMENT IN THEIR PROFESSION. PROPOSAL WOULD PREVENT WASTE OF VALUABLE CATEGORY B VOUCHERS AND MAKE WAITING LIST SHORTER. IT WOULD ALSO SAVE POTENTIAL IMMIGRANT TEACHERS FROM SERIOUS DISAPPOINTMENT MANY SUFFER AT PRESENT. ALTERNATIVE MEASURES PROPOSED ARE:
(1) TO PLACE MORATORIUM ON ISSUE OF TEACHERS' VOUCHERS TO INDIANS AND PAKISTANIS: OR
(11) TO GIVE VOUCHERS ONLY TO APPLICANTS WHOSE BACKGROUND AND TRAINING APPEAR TO INDICATE A REASONABLE PROSPECT OF OBTAINING
EMPLOYMENT IN A SCHOOL: OR
(111) TO REQUIRE APPLICANT TO HAVE TEACHER TRAINING QUALIFICATIONS
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