§ 6. Mr. A. Jenkinsasked the Minister of Labour the number of workpeople at present employed at Glascoed, Monmouthshire, ordnance works; and the number 536 recruited through the adjacent Employment Exchanges?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydI am informed that the number of workpeople employed at the Glascoed Ordnance Works on 20th February was 2,139. Since the work started 1,939 placings have been made from the registers of the local Employment Exchanges.
§ Mr. JenkinsDoes that mean that approximately 1,000 people from outside the area have secured employment, and is the hon. Member aware of the fact that in the Glascoed Exchange area, within four or five miles of it, there are approximately 5,000 unemployed people at the present time? How does he account for such a large number being employed from outside?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe hon. Member must have misunderstood or misheard me. I said that the number of workpeople employed at these works was 2,139, and that since the work started 1,939 placings have been made from the registers of the local Employment Exchanges. That does not leave a difference of 1,000 as the hon. Member thought.
§ Mr. JenkinsThe difference is substantial in any case.