§ 38. Lord H. CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the Secretary of State for War whether the military authorities will evacuate the premises of Messrs. Challands and Company, Canal Street, Nottingham, now in occupation of the Army Service Corps (Mechanical Transport), in order that Messrs. Challands may give employment to those of their employés who have now been demobilised and thus diminish the unemployment at present prevailing in Nottingham?
Captain GUESTAt the present time a great deal of urgent work is in hand in 734 the Mechanical Transport Depot at Nottingham, and if Messrs. Challands have workmen unemployed, they can be employed temporarily by the War Department at the works, until the pressure is over, and until the War Office machinery, now bedded in, can be removed and the works evacuated. The matter will be carefully watched and the wishes of Messrs. Challands will be given every consideration.