HC Deb 22 July 1935 vol 304 cc1477-8
45. Dr. JOHN WILLIAMS

asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the apprehension occasioned in the Llanelly and Swansea area by the threatened closing down of Messrs. Richard Thomas and Company and removal to Scunthorpe, he is prepared to meet a deputation of Members of Parliament to consider the matter?

The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Baldwin)

My colleagues and I are always anxious to meet other Members of the House, but I think it would be better to await the results of the further discussions referred to by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in the Debate last Thursday. I can assure the hon. Member that the Government fully appreciate the anxiety felt in this matter.

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