§ 81. Sir COOPER RAWSONasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he will state, owing to the closing of the War Office clothing factory at Pimlico, how many ex-service men, War widows and dependants will be thereby unemployed?
§ Mr. COOPERAlthough preference for employment at the Royal Army Clothing Factory, Pimlico, has been given to candidates with Service connections, this qualification has not been a condition of their employment, and therefore no statistics are available which would enable me to give the information desired.