§ 71. Mr. Chorltonasked the Secretary of State for Air how much of the work for air frames and engines required for the expansion of the Royal Air Force is to be carried out in Lancashire, where much unemployment exists and labour is more readily available than in Midland areas?
§ Sir K. WoodA very considerable amount of work on the production of air frames, engines and ancillary material for the air rearmament programme is already being carried out in Lancashire and still further assistance from the industrial resources in that area is likely to be required. For example, the aircraft factory at Speke is to be enlarged and its capacity increased by more than 40 per cent.