§ 13. Mr. Spriggsasked the Minister of Labour the number of railway workers registered as unemployed, at the latest convenient date, at the St. Helens Employment Exchange.
§ Mr. WhitelawTwelve on 13th May. These may include persons last employed by private manufacturers of rolling stock and equipment.
§ Mr. SpriggsMay I ask the hon. Gentleman what effect the closures of railway workshops and the Beeching Plan for closures in the St. Helens area will have on the figures which he has just given?
§ Mr. WhitelawIt is far too early to give any forecasts of that sort. I would hope that the effect would not be very great.