§ 9. Mr. Denvilleasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of a serious threat to an old-established important local industry on the North-East Coast, whereby a sound economical and durable product giving work to thousands of people in the brick industry is menaced by organised competition of a commodity from another area; and what steps he is taking to prevent an increase of unemployment in this already distressed area?
§ Mr. E. BrownI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave in reply to a similar question by the hon. Member for East Middlesbrough (Mr. A. Edwards) on 9th March.
§ Mr. DenvilleIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the brickyards on the coast of Durham are having to close down through the incursion of these large combines from the south?