§ 20. Mr. Emrys Hughesasked the Minister of Labour what are the estimated costs of the publicity campaign to persuade public schoolboys to take up coalmining as a career; and what have been the results to date.
§ Mr. IsaacsNo such publicity campaign has been undertaken, but I understand that officials of the National Coal Board have addressed meetings of boys at some of the public schools to tell them about coalmining as a career.
§ Mr. HughesCould my right hon. Friend tell us whether his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has not frequently visited Eton to appeal to them to join up in the coalmining industry, and what were the results?
§ Mr. IsaacsI saw a number of lads working in a coal pit recently, but they were all so dirty that I could not tell whether they came from Eton or anywhere else.
§ Colonel Gomme-DuncanDoes the reply refer to public schools as we know them in England, or to public schools as we know them in Scotland?
§ Mr. IsaacsI must frankly admit that I do not know the difference between the two.
§ Mr. GallacherIn view of the importance of such a campaign, and the value it would have for the coalmining industry——
§ Mr. StokesMoscow High School.
§ Mr. Gallacher—would not the Minister consider advising the Conservative Party to accept responsibility for continuing such a campaign?