12. Mr. Rostron Duckworthasked the President of the Board of Education what plans are in existence or being prepared to provide the best technical education for youths who left the textile industry for the services.
§ Mr. EdeI assume that my hon. Friend has in mind technical education for the textile industry. Courses of training for men and women returning from the services and other forms of war work are under consideration as regards the cotton industry by the technical training subcommittee of the recruitment and training committee of the Cotton Board, and as regards the woollen industry by the appropriate committees of the Yorkshire Council 319 for Further Education. The Board of Education are in touch with the work of these various committees through His Majesty's Inspectors.