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Sir W. Smithers
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the position of citizens of Eire in regard to their employment by the Crown or in Government Departments.
Mr. Glenvil Hall
The precise legal position of Eire citizens generally in the United Kingdom is under review. The undertaking given by the Prime Minister in this House on 25th November, 1948, that citizens of Eire shall not be treated as foreigners will be followed so far as concerns their employment by the Crown or in Government Departments.