HC Deb 20 July 1932 vol 156 c2295W
Rear-Admiral ADAIR

asked the Minister of Labour whether the instructional factory at Forbesfield Road, Aberdeen, is shortly to be shut down consequent on insufficient applications for training coming forward; whether, if that be so, he can take any action towards preventing this occurrence; whether he has received any proposal as to continuing the work of this factory as a private concern should it be shut down as a Government establishment; if so, whether he has replied to this proposal; and, if so, has he accepted it or not?

Dr. MACNAMARA

The Government Instructional Factory at Forbesfield, Aberdeen, will be closed in September. Ample accommodation for the men still on the waiting list in the Aberdeen area is available in the Government Instructional Factories at Edinburgh and Glasgow. A proposal for the continuance of the factory as a private concern is receiving consideration.