§ Mr. PENNEFATHER(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour if he has received a copy of the resolutions passed at a meeting of Local Training Committee No. 23 on Friday last; and if he will give telegraphic instructions that the men who are due to leave the training factories to-night and in the near future are to be retained and continue their training until such time as improvers' vacancies can be found?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Sir Montague Barlow)I have seen the reso- 1090 lutions referred to. The men whose institutional training is now being terminated have received not less than six months' extension over and above the prescribed period. The suggestion is that they should be retained in training centres for an indefinite period until improverships can be found for them in private workshops. I regret that, in view of large numbers still awaiting training, I cannot adopt this suggestion. I recognise the hardship entailed on these men by the present industrial depression. Every effort is being and will continue to be made by the Ministry of Labour to find improver vacancies for them.
§ Sir J. REMNANTAre men who have finished their training to be turned out on the streets, without any further endeavour being made to find them employment, and without even the tools with which they have been trained?