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British Industries Fair (Catering Staff)

Volume 332: debated on Monday 7 March 1938

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asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is aware that the staff employed by the caterers at the British Industries Fair at Earl's Court were recruited through a private employment agency which takes a 10 per cent. commission on the money earned; and whether, in future, the Government will protect the staff by imposing of professional men and women who had arrived during the last three or four years. Their occupations can be classified as follow:

Architects19
Artists25
Dentists66
Doctors181
Lawyers12
Writers35
Others475*
813
* Including nearly 300 research workers.