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Refugees

Volume 342: debated on Friday 2 December 1938

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Captain Shaw

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give the names of those serving on the Co-ordination Committee, also those serving on the Inter-aid Committee, dealing with the German refugee problem; and whether on these committees there are representatives specially selected because of their knowledge and interest in British labour questions?

Sir S. Hoare

pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 1st December, 1938, col. 580; Vol. 342) supplied the following information:The following organisations are members of the Co-ordinating Committee for Refugees:

  • 1. Catholic Committee for Refugees from Germany.
  • 2. Church of England Committee for Non-Aryan Christians.
  • 3. German Jewish Aid Committee.
  • 4. Inter-Aid Committee for Children coming from Germany.
  • 5. International Student Service.
  • 6. Society of Friends (Germany Emergency and Austria Committees).
  • 7. Society for the Protection of Science and Learning.
  • 8. Trades Union Congress and Labour Party.
  • 9. International Hebrew Christian Alliance.
  • 10. Christian Council for Refugees from Germany.
  • 11. British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia.