§ 17. Brigadier Mackesonasked the Minister of Labour if he will give an estimate of the increase or decrease in nonindustrially employed persons who will be employed by the Coal Board and the Ministry of Fuel and Power in 1948 as compared with those similarly employed in 1938 by His Majesty's Government and private enterprise.
§ Mr. IsaacsI regret that I have no information on which to base such an estimate.
§ Brigadier MackesonWhy on earth does not this miserable Government smarten itself up and take the trouble to obtain 1707 the requisite information concerning the deployment of our manpower? Could not the Government for a change write a proper appreciation and a long-range plan?