§ 61. Mr. James Griffithsasked the Minister of Labour whether he can now make a statement as to whether any difficulty exists in getting real working colliers in South Wales and Durham; whether his attention has been called to any cases where pits have been delayed in re-opening because colliery owners cannot get the men who have experience in opening them; at what Employment Exchanges in South Wales and Durham applications have been made for such workmen; what exchanges, if any, have not been able to supply the labour requested by any colliery owners; and what was the number of miners registered as unemployed in those areas on the last convenient date?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour (Mr. Butler)There is generally no difficulty in securing experienced colliery workpeople in South Wales and Durham, but it is not easy to meet employers' requirements from among the workpeople available locally in a few
| Table showing, for each Employment Exchange in the Special Areas in Monmouthshire, the decrease in the numbers of unemployed persons on the registers at 21st June, 1937, as compared with 22nd June, 1936. | |||
| Employment Exchange. | Decrease in numbers wholly unemployed. | Decrease in numbers temporarily stopped. | Total decrease. |
| Abertillery | 1,238 | 32 | 1,270 |
| Blaina | 613 | 46 | 659 |
| Blackwood | 701 | 39 | 740 |
| Blaenavon | 300 | 14 | 314 |
| Ebbw Vale | 1,318 | 79 | 1,397 |
| Newbridge | 1,331 | 363 | 1,694 |
| Pontypool | 839 | 34 | 873 |
| Pontnewydd | 140 | 84 | 224 |
| Risca | 557 | 475 | 1,032 |
| Tredegar | 1,088 | 25 | 1,113 |
| Usk | 22 | — | 22 |