HC Deb 18 March 1935 vol 299 c815
40. Mr. LOGAN

asked the Minister of Labour what arrangement has he made with Cammell, Laird, and Company, Birkenhead, to take a proportion of unemployed craftsmen and labourers from Liverpool to build aircraft-carrier His Majesty's Ship "Ark Royal"?

Mr. HUDSON

I have no doubt that, in engaging men for this work, the company will give full consideration to the applications of qualified men from all Merseyside districts, but I do not think that it would be practicable to arrange for the engagement of a fixed proportion of men from a particular area.

Mr. LOGAN

The question that I asked was whether any arrangement could be made; and I am anxious to know whether arrangements can be made on the Merseyside and Liverpool with regard to this particular allocation of work?

Mr. HUDSON

I said in my reply that no doubt the Company will give due consideration to qualified men on the Merseyside.