§ 7. Mr. Thorneasked the Minister of Labour whether he intends to set up an advisory council to assist him in mobilising the man-power in the engineering and shipbuilding trades; and whether he can name the members of the committee?
§ Mr. BevinI am constantly in touch with the representatives of both sides of the engineering and shipbuilding industries and a formal advisory council seems to me to be unnecessary. I am, however, considering with the industries whether it would be useful to appoint small panels which could be a convenient means of discussing with representatives of my Department points arising from time to time.
§ Mr. BevinNo, I have been considering a national basis up to now, because I have to consider the national organisations for the unions and for the employers. Under the Essential Work Order, for the purpose of dealing with matters in the localities, I have already agreed to local committees being established.