§ 59. Sir R. COOPERasked the Minister of Labour, in view of the large number of organisations offering to assist discharged soldiers to find civil employment, some forty or fifty of these being in London alone, whether any steps are being taken to co-ordinate the activities of these organisations by a central conference or otherwise; and, if so, what those steps are?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANMy right hon. Friend already has this matter under con- 482 sideration, and proposes to bring the general question before the Labour Resettlement Committee, which he has recently appointed to advise him with regard to the action which should be taken in connection with the return of sailors and soldiers to civil life at the completion of the War. If it seems desirable to do so, he will be very glad to arrange a conference of the kind suggested. In the meantime he hopes that the local advisory committees connected with the Employment Exchanges will be able, in consultation with the local war pensions committees, to make suitable arrangements for co-ordinating the work of voluntary organisations concerned with the employment of ex-Service men.