§ 25. Mr. Roland Robinsonasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the complaints from South Wales that young workers transferred from the South Wales area are depressing the standards and wages of the ordinary working people of other areas; whether he has received any complaints from other areas; and whether his Department has any information as to the way in which the conditions of transferred labour compare with ordinary labour conditions?
§ Mr. E. BrownNo such complaints have been made to me, and I feel assured that they could not be made with any justification in fact. Under the Department's transference scheme, juveniles and others are assisted to transfer only to openings for which suitable workpeople are not available locally, and for which the wages offered are not lower than those normally paid in the district in the occupation concerned.
§ Mr. David GrenfellWhat kind of machinery has the Department for keeping in touch with these young people?