§ Mr. R. YOUNGasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the Ex-Officers' Employment Bureau, of New Bond Street, London, is supplying demobilised officers as strike-breakers in a dispute in Stoke-on- Trent between an employer and the trade union affected; and whether he can use his influence to prevent such action on the part of the bureau, as its continuance will seriously endanger any arrangement for the employment of demobilised officers and men owing to the fear that they will be used as in this case?
§ Mr. WARDLEThe Ex-Officers' Employment Bureau is a private organisation and is in no way connected with the Ministry of Labour. I have, so far, been unable to obtain by local inquiry confirmation of the hon. Member's suggestion that the bureau is supplying demobilised officers as strike-breakers. Such action would not knowingly be taken at the Employment Exchanges or in the Appointments Department of the Ministry of Labour, and, if the hon. Member will furnish me with fuller particulars, I will consider whether I can properly make representations to the management of the bureau.