HC Deb 25 July 1940 vol 363 c956
7. Colonel Arthur Evans

asked the Minister of Labour whether, in connection with the provision of public and district air-raid shelters in Wales, he will arrange with the trade unions concerned to allow unskilled unemployed men to be engaged as bricklayers, so as to complete these shelters at the earliest possible moment?

Mr. Bevin

I am discussing with the two sides of the building and civil engineering industries the best means of making use of the labour available in these industries for all Government building and civil engineering work including the construction of air-raid shelters.