§ 65. Lord H. CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will take steps to ensure that the Air Ministry and its contractors, when constructing aerodromes in agricultural areas, should draw the unskilled labour required from the unemployed men upon the books of the Employment Exchange and not from those already in employment in the district?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Major Sir Philip Sassoon)The whole question referred to by my hon. and gallant Friend is being very carefully considered by the Air Ministry in consultation with the Ministries of Agriculture and Labour with a view to determining what action is possible in the matter.
§ Lord H. CAVENDISH-BENTINCKDoes the hon. and gallant Gentleman not 1721 agree that it is desirable, when the Government does spend this money, that they should spend it in such a way as to diminish the number of unemployed, instead of promoting the uncultivation of the soil?