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IMMEDIATE
EN CLAIR
AND BY BAG
FM FCO 1119552
UNCLASSIFIED
· TO IMMEDIATE CERTAIN MISSIONS TELMO GUIDANCE 262 OF 11 NOVEMBER
AND TO PRIORITY AND ROUTINE OTHERS.
EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS IN GREAT BRITAIN.
1. THE FOLLOWING MAY BE USED FREELY AND ATTRIBUTABLY.
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IN ANSWER TO A PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION TODAY, THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EMPLOYMENT ANNOUNCED THAT 8
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IN VIEW OF THE PRESENT EMPLOYMENT SITUATION THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO CEASE, AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1972, ISSUING WORK PERMITS IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE FOR UNSKILLED AND SEMI-SKILLED ALIEN MEN FOR ALL COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNIT NORWAY AND DENMARK. THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE THE HOTEL. AND CATERING INDUSTRY WHERE A REDUCTION WILL DE BROUGHT ABOUT
IN STAGES BY MEANS OF A QUOTA SYSTEM FOR PERMITS. DETAILS OF THIS SYSTEM AND HOW IT WILL APPLY TO THE HOTEL AND CATERING INDUSTRY WILL DE CIRCULATED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORT.
3。 THE MEASURES APPLY ONLY TO ALIEN WORKERS AND WILL APPLY TO NATIONALS OF ALL COUNTRIES EXCEPT THOSE OF THE EEC COUNTRIES
FOR! AND OF NORWAY AND DENMARK WHO ARE IN PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR MEMBERSHIP. THE RESTRICTIONS WILL APPLY TO MEN ONLY BECAUSE UNEMPLOYMENT IS PRIMARILY A MALE PROBLEM.
40 AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1972 NO MORE PERMITS WILL BE ISSUED FOR
UNSKILLED AND SEMI-SKILLED LABOUR IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE IN RESPECT OF NATIONALS OF COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE ESC, EXCEPT DENMARK AND NORWAY. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL, HOWEVER, DE MADE FOR THE HOTEL AND CATERING INDUSTRY WHICH TAKES THE MAJORITY OF SUCH PERTU AND WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE FACED WITH SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES.
/ACCORDINGLY,