§ 43. Lieut.-Colonel APPLINasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what steps are being taken to find employment for the workmen under notice for discharge from the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Duff Cooper)The superintendent of the factory is in close touch with the local Employment Exchange, to which he is notifying in advance the names and particulars of the workmen affected. The men in question will be given a week's warning in addition to the customary week's notice of discharge.
§ Lieut.-Colonel APPLINIs my hon. Friend aware of the great hardship which is being caused to these men who are being turned out of permanent Government employment without the hope of getting anything?
§ Mr. COOPERI am aware of the great hardship, but the employment was never permanent, and we are doing everything in our power to alleviate that hardship.