HC Deb 16 March 1932 vol 263 cc286-7W
Captain P. MACDONALD

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in allocating the contracts for the destroyers to be laid down under the new building programme, he will take into account the large amount of unemployment now obtaining in Cowes?

Sir B. EYRES MONSELL

I can assure the hon. and gallant Member that the state of unemployment in Cowes will, with other considerations, be taken into account in placing orders for destroyers.

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