Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 22 Ebrill 1948.
Yes, Sir, so far as practicable. The difficulty is to find family accommodation. For that reason the recruitment of men with dependants has in the past been restricted and has now ceased. There are 1,500 men with dependants and a good proportion of these dependants has been brought to this country, either to private accommodation or, as a temporary measure, to family hostels where they can be visited by their husbands. The remainder will come as soon as accommodation is available for them.