Cockfield and Barnard Castle (Hansard, 19 March 1946)

HC Deb 19 March 1946 vol 420 c1661 1661

§ 8. Mr. Lavers
asked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed, both male and female, to date in the village of Cockfield, County Durham, and the urban and rural districts of Barnard Castle.

§ Mr. Isaacs
The available figures relate to the numbers registered at particular employment exchanges at nth February, 1946. The number of unemployed insured persons suitable for ordinary employment on the registers of the Cockfield and Barnard Castle Employment Exchanges was as follows:

	Males aged 14 and under 65	Females aged 14 and under 60
Cockfield	106	54
Barnard Castle	57	6

§ Mr. Lavers
In view of the past black history of this part of County Durham and the figures given by the Minister, will the right hon. Gentleman indicate what the Government propose to do to stop a repetition?

§ Mr. Isaacs
It is not what the Government propose to do, it is what the Government are, in fact, doing, that is, inducing industry to go to these areas where there is unemployed labour.