§ TRANSFER OF WORKERS.
§ 1. Mr. W. H. Greenasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour whether, in the present emergency, there has been any relaxation of previous orders under which an Employment Exchange manager would refuse to send an applicant for work for which there were vacancies other than the particular class of employment for which the applicant was registered?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour (Mr. Assheton)There has never been any such practice as that suggested by my hon. Friend. The Employment Exchanges have always recorded subsidiary or alternative occupations of applicants in order to submit them for such work where suitable applicants primarily registered for the occupation concerned are not available. Steps are also taken, in consultation with the appropriate employers and trade union representatives, to facilitate the rapid transfer of skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers to occupations in accordance with the needs of the war effort.