IMMIGRATION POLICY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 12

IMMIGRATION POLICY

GOVERNMENT’S ATTITUDE

MR. SAVAGE’S COMMENT

WHEN CONDITIONS IMPROVE

(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night,

in the House of Representatives, Air. E. .1. Howard, on behalf of the Hon. W. K. Barnard (Lab., Napier), asked the Prime .Minister whether it was intended ai an early date to initiate a systematic survey aiui inquiry with a. view to ascertaining (f) whether, m tho interest of the Dominion from a social, economic, and also international standpoint, it. is desirable to adopt a policy of planned immigration; (2) from what British and North European countries a. sufficient influx of physically and mentally tit- and otherwise desirable new citizens could be obtained; and (3) what methods should be adopted, what machinery would be required, and what preparations would be necessary to enable the Dominion to absorb such new citizens without any intensification or increase of unemployment or other anti-social results.

In lhe course of a written answer today, the Rt. Hon. At. J. Savage replied that the Government is of opinion that planned immigration is desirable when economic conditions in the Dominion are so far improved as to admit of such a policy being adopted with advantage. In anticipation of migration being one of lhe subnets to be discussed at the forthcoming Imperial conference, all the necessary data, and information are being prepared and collated.