Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the Minister of Labour whether he can arrange for an official of a local employment exchange to attend at any works where short time is being worked, and where 75 workpeople are employed, as is done in the case where 100 workpeople are employed, and by so doing prevent unemployed workpeople having to wait from one to four hours outside an employment exchange before they can be attended to?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThere is no hard and fast limitation of numbers for these arrangements, which have in fact been 609W made in a number of cases where fewer than 75 persons are employed. My hon. Friend will appreciate, however, that such arrangements can only be made so far as trained staff is available for the purpose.