§ Mr. KINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for War why permission was refused for Messrs. F. J. Knight, H. G. Russell, and A. G. Serpell to work for Messrs. Cadbury at Bournville, but was given for them to work at Badsey and Knighton, at which places no openings were available; and whether the Pelham Committee will permit these men to work at Bournville?
§ Mr. WARDLEMy hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. It is not the practice of the Committee on Work 491W of National Importance to place any considerable number of men in any one establishment. In declining to permit the employment of the men referred to at Bournville, the Committee acted on this principle.