§ 59. Commander Scott-Millerasked the Minister of Labour how many people, male and female, in the borough of King's Lynn, have been unemployed for a period of more than six months at the latest convenient date and how these figures compare with those in 1953 and in 1951.
§ Mr. WatkinsonTwenty-nine males and two females at 13th September, 1954. compared with 22 males and four females at 14th September, 1953, and 20 males and four females at 17th September. 1951.
§ Commander Scott-MillerI thank my hon. Friend for these very satisfactory figures. In the event of a further industry coming to the town, can he tell me whether these unemployed people will be of the type which can be absorbed into, say, a light industry?
§ Mr. WatkinsonIt is difficult to give an immediate reply to that question, but if my hon. Friend wishes to discuss it with me I shall be only too pleased.