§ 43. Captain LOSEBYasked the Minister of Labour if he is in a position to give an approximate date when the King's Roll of Employers of Disabled Men will be sub-divided into towns and districts and ready for publication?
§ Sir R. HORNEAs stated in my reply to the hon. and gallant Member on 18th February, the names in the first issue of the Roll have been arranged by counties. This issue is now in the hands of the printers, and will appear in the first or second week in March. Any question of a revision of the form of publication must therefore be deferred until a second edition is printed, as to which I cannot yet give an approximate date.
§ Captain LOSEBYMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman—I think he accepts it—if the Roll, as at present constituted, does not meet the purpose for which it was created, that is to say, letting the public generally know how to distinguish between those employers who are co-operating 1675 with the Government and those who are not doing so?
§ Sir R. HORNEI do not agree that it does not meet the purpose, but I agree that my hon and gallant Friend's suggestion was a better one than my own.
§ 44. Captain LOSEBYasked the Minister of Labour how many firms of employers have undertaken to co-operate with the Government in the matter of the employment of disabled ex-service men in accordance with His Majesty's appeal; and if ho is in a position to give a rough estimate of the number of firms under British management which, although in a position to do so, proved unwilling to cooperate with the State in the matter?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe number of firms on the King's National Roll on 21st February was 11,700. I regret that I have no data on which to answer the latter part of the question.