§ 52. Sir John Mellorasked the Minister of Labour how he calculates the number of persons employed upon production for export as published in the Monthly Digest of Statistics.
§ Mr. IsaacsI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Mr. Swingler) on 7th May, of which I am sending him a copy.
§ Sir J. MellorIs not much of the Minister's information inevitably inexact—in regard, for instance, to firms manufacturing material for use by other firms in this country? How can they possibly know what proportion of their production will ultimately be exported?
§ Mr. IsaacsIf the hon. Gentleman will look at the reply which I gave I think he will find that we make every effort to secure proper information. We are no more inexact in our replies than the hon. Gentleman sometimes is in his Questions.