ALIENS ORDER 1920 SOURCE ANALYSIS
AF43/269 ‘Aliens order 1920: Immigration of Foreign Agricultural Workers’
National Archives of Scotland, Crown ©
17 October 1925
Letter referring to Aliens Order 1920 – ARTICLE 1 (3) (b)
Ministry of Labour, Empire & Insurance Department
Queen Anne’s Chambers
28 Broadway
Westminster SW1.
... I am to explain that permits to enable foreign persons to come here for
employment, are not issued unless the Minister is satisfied that there are no
available British or foreign persons already resident in this country capable
of performing the duties for which the alien is required.
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