HC Deb 20 March 1923 vol 161 c2321
17. Mr. EMLYN-JONES

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War when it is intended to proceed with the erection of the building required for the proposed new school for cadets in Blandford; and whether he will make such arrangements as will ensure, so far as possible, the employment of labour from Blandford and district upon the said buildings?

Mr. GWYNNE

This work will, I hope, be started early in the new financial year. In regard to the latter part of the question, it would not be desirable to make the employment of local labour a condition of contract, but I am aware of the economic and other advantages of such labour, and they will be borne in mind, and I may add it is the policy of the War Office to impress upon contractors the desirability of employing local labour as far as possible.