§ Brigadier-General CROFTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in view of the fact that many thousands of pounds are being paid out in Out-of-Work Donation in Bourne-mouth and East Dorset, and that there is acute distress owing to the stoppage of work in Government factories, immediate steps can be taken to offer the Holton Heath factory, or such portions of it as the Admiralty may not require, for development by private enterprise in the production of alcohol, or for any other purpose which would increase national production and at the same time give employment to large numbers of workers in this area?
§ Sir J. CRAIGThe general question of the future utilisation of Government propellant factories is receiving careful consideration. For the present there is no intention of disposing of any part of Holton Heath factory, nor, I am advised, would such a step be likely to have any immediate effect on unemployment in the Bournemouth district.