HC Deb 18 May 1939 vol 347 c1592
13. Mr. T. Smith

asked the Minister of Labour in which part of the West Riding there is a shortage of female labour in the clothing trade, and the extent of the shortage?

Mr. E. Brown

A shortage of female workers and particularly of skilled workers in the clothing trade is general over the whole of the trade in the West Riding. The places mainly affected are Leeds and Huddersfield.

Mr. Smith

Is the right hon. Gentleman doing anything to get unskilled labour trained in this job?

Mr. Brown

I do not think that we have a department for that particular work, but I would not like to be quite sure.