Mr. LLEWELYN WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Munitions whether he is aware that the local tribunals of Carmarthenshire have protested against the employment of single men at certain munitions works, who have been brought there from all parts of the United Kingdom, while the homes of married men in the locality are being broken up under the Military Service Bill; whether he has caused investigation to be made into the conditions prevailing at the munitions works; and whether he is prepared to substituute for the single men doing unskilled work women and married men living in the neighbourhood?
Mr. PRIMROSEA protest from the local tribunals at Carmarthenshire has been received by the Ministry of Munitions, and local investigation has been made at the munitions works referred to. In accordance with the policy which has been adopted for some time past, arrangements have been completed for releasing a number of unskilled men of military age and employing an increasing number of women and men ineligible for general service.