§ 20. Mr. Ainsleyasked the Minister of Labour why he considers the Brancepeth, County Durham, Industrial Training Centre to be unsuitable for training juveniles and adults.
§ Mr. HareBrancepeth is not an industrial training centre. It could be adapted for this purpose, but premises now available at Tursdale, three miles away, are more suitable.
§ Mr. AinsleyWould the right hon. Gentleman tell the House why he changed his mind in moving from the Brancepeth proposal? Is not the Tursdale scheme just making a mockery of his recent White Paper on industrial training because of the limited facilities available there? Will he stop bluffing the public that the Government are doing something when we know perfectly well that Tursdale is linked up with the mining industry in the county, and realise that to meet the problem outside the mining industry we need another training centre?
§ Mr. HareThe reason why I have gone to Tursdale is that I can start training there quicker than if I waited for Brancepeth. These premises, which have been made available by the National Coal Board, are suitable for this purpose and will enable me to get on with the job sooner.