§ 19. Mr. Gwilym Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the types and numbers of the vacancies for craftsmen in the building industry in Cardiff.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsOn 2 September 1983, the latest date or which information is available, notified vacancies remaining unfilled for the Cardiff travel-to-work area totalled 63, including 44 in the Cardiff employment office area. The occupations concerned were carpenters and joiners, painters and decorators, plasterers, plumbers and pipe-fitters, mains and service layers and pipe-joiners, bricklayers and masons and electricians.
§ Mr. JonesI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that reply. Does he share my concern about whether enough training is being provided to produce such craftsmen, especially with regard to his own initiative for the redevelopment of south Cardiff?
§ Mr. EdwardsI am advised by the Manpower Services Commission in Wales, following its discussions with the Construction Industry Training Board, the National Federation of Building Trades Employers and the Federation of Master Builders, that the industry itself sees no discernible shortages in the immediate future.