§ 40. Mr. Manderasked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the fact that the Great Western Railway Company is working short time at Wolverhampton and elsewhere and making discharges, he will arrange for the services of the skilled engineers displaced to be made use of in connection with the arms programme?
§ Mr. E. BrownI have no information that any substantial number of skilled engineering workers is being discharged from the workshops of the company. I would, however, point out that any skilled engineer who becomes unemployed can be put in touch at once through any Employment Exchange with aircraft work or other work on the Defence Programme, for which he is suitable.
§ Mr. ManderWill my right hon. Friend bear in mind that there are something like 1,200 first-class workmen involved, and will he, therefore, go into the matter further?