§ 48. Mr. GRUNDYasked the Prime Minister whether he will advise the various Government Departments to refrain from giving any further contracts to firms who have failed to employ a percentage of disabled men, as requested in the Royal Proclamation?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWMy right hon. Friend the Minister of Labour is at present carefully considering the whole question, with a view, if need be, to submitting proposals to the House in the near future; but it is necessary to give employers a reasonable time to make arrangements for absorbing the requisite percentage of disabled men.
§ Mr. GRUNDYAre the Government Departments themselves carrying out the request of the King's Proclamation and employing their percentage of disabled men?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI believe so; they certainly ought to. If my hon. Friend will put down a question to the Minister of Labour, he will get a definite answer.
§ Mr. BILLINGWill the right hon. Gentleman make the appeal stronger still by firms being allowed to stamp their business paper to that effect; then we should be able to discriminate between those who do and those who do not employ these men?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI believe that is already being done.