§ 42. Mr. Russellasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to provide alternative employment for the workers rendered redundant in the tobacco industry of Jamaica owing to the reduction in imports into the United Kingdom.
Mr. DugdaleThis is a matter that falls within the competence of the Jamaica Government, who informed my right hon. Friend that it is not possible to say to what extent workers who have left the cigar industry have been able to obtain employment in other industries.