HC Deb 24 December 1929 vol 233 c2119W
Mr. CROOM-JOHNSON

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he is aware that the unemployment in Bridgwater and Highbridge, in the county of Somerset, is more serious than for some years past; that the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company and the Southern Railway Company are proposing to close the railway repair shops at High-bridge in the immediate future, which will throw, approximately, 280 men out of work; and whether he proposes to take any and, if so, what steps in this matter?

Mr. THOMAS

I am having inquiries made and I will communicate the result to my hon. Friend.

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