§ 41. Major PRESCOTTasked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been called to the fact that the manufacturers and men engaged in the manufacture of bricks in Edmonton and Enfield recently met, when an offer of 75 per cent. on pre-war wages was made by the manufacturers and refused, the men demanding 150 per cent. at which cost the manufacturers alleged that they could not afford to make further bricks and sell at the present controlled price; and will he state what steps are proposed to be taken by his Department to adjust these differences in view of the scarcity of bricks for the building trades in Tottenham and the surrounding districts, which are mainly dependent on the brickyards referred to for the supply of bricks?
§ Mr. PRATTThis matter has not previously been brought to my notice, but I will make inquiry and communicate with the hon. and gallant Member as soon as I am able.