Employment Exchange Records (Racial Discrimination)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 20 Gorffennaf 1964.

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Photo of Mr Barnett Janner Mr Barnett Janner , Leicester North West 12:00, 20 Gorffennaf 1964

I appreciate the Minister's good intentions, but is there any reason at all why a person should be discriminated against on the grounds of religion or race? Will the Minister see to it that that question is not put? Why should the fact that a person is a Unitarian, or a Roman Catholic, or a Jew, be recorded on the official report so that an individual is insulted by employers' prejudices as soon as he goes there? What if the person answers "human race" in reply to the question about his race?