§ Mr. SHINWELLasked the Minister of Labour how many persons formerly employed in the shale-oil industry in West Lothian have been found employment elsewhere as a result of the transference scheme?
§ Mr. BETTERTONNo shale-oil miners from West Lothian have as yet been transferred by the employment exchanges under the transference scheme, but a number have moved to other areas on their own account. The hon. Member will find an account of this movement in the Labour Gazette of July, 1927.