§ Sir R. GOWERasked the Minister of Labour (1) whether, having regard to the number of unemployed in the Chatham and Gillingham area, Kent, she will see that no further unemployed persons are transferred to that district from distressed areas until work has been found for the local unemployed;
(2) what number of persons, if any, have been transferred from distressed areas to the area of Gillingham and Chatham, Kent, during the past four months?
§ Miss BONDFIELDDuring the four months July to October the only transfers from depressed areas to the area of the Chatham Exchange were six men brought forward to fill vacancies on a State-aided road scheme sanctioned on condition that a proportion of men from depressed areas should be employed.