§ 81. Mr. WATTasked the Minister of Munitions how many scrap-metal merchants in Glasgow have received exemption cards for their staffs, and of how many do their exempted staffs consist, and how many are of military age; are these cards given to the staff over and above exemptions given to partners; are the cards given to them as departmental managers; and will he say what is the annual turnover of his Department with the scrap-metal merchants of that city?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYNineteen scrap-metal merchants in Glasgow have received protection certificates for certain of their employés of military age. Inquiry is being made into the numbers of the staffs of the firms in question and the proportions of military age as compared to the numbers of exemptions given. No exemption is given to departmental managers unless they are over the age of twenty-five, and have already had ten years' experience of the trade. It does not necessarily follow that protection is given to partners as the hon. Member appears to suggest. It is not possible to give the precise total of the turnover of scrap metal with the department, but I may say the, turnover has been very large, especially with regard to steel from ships.