§ Mr. E. J. WILLIAMSasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he is aware that labour from the Midlands and other areas is being employed at the new ammunition works at Bridgend and that thousands of persons are unemployed in the Mid-Glamorgan area, of whom many are skilled men; and what steps he proposes to see that local labour obtains priority in this Special Area?
§ Mr. R. S. HUDSON(for the First Commissioner of Works): I presume that the hon. Member is referring to certain preliminary work on the site in the way of bore holes. This is specialist work and I am informed that four men are employed in all, of whom three come from the Midlands. The hon. Member can rest assured that as soon as the building work proper starts, the maximum use will be made of local labour, both skilled and unskilled.