§ 64. Mr. BOWENasked the First Commissioner of Works the number of men engaged in the construction of the new Employment Exchange at Crewe that have been engaged through the Crewe Employment Exchange; what proportion of the total so employed this represents; and whether it is a condition of contract that the labour to be recruited locally shall be engaged through the Employment Exchange?
§ The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS (Mr. Lansbury)Twenty-two men are at present engaged in building the new Employment Exchange at Crewe, of whom nine, or approximately 40 per cent. of the total number, were engaged through the Crewe Employment Exchange. It is not a condition of contract that the labour to be recruited locally shall be engaged through the Employment Exchange.