§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Minister of Labour whether he w,11 state the number of registered unemployed within the Special Area of South Wales and Monmouthshire, and the same information, separately, for the Rhondda Urban District; what new industries have been, or are about to be. introduced into the Special Area of South. Wales and Monmouthshire; whether any of these have been, or are intended to be, settled in Rhondda; and what prospect exists of anything being done for this area?
§ Mr. E. BrownAt 21st June, 1937, there were 101,619 persons registered at 2681W Employment Exchanges the whole or part of whose area is within the Special Areas of South Wales and Monmouthshire, but the number who live within these Special Areas is not known. The number registered at Employment Exchanges in the Rhondda Urban District was 13,560. There are 14 new industrial undertakings for which contracts have been signed and construction work either completed or well advanced in these Special Areas. In the case of six others negotiations are in an advanced stage. None is actually located in the Rhondda Valley, but work on factories on the Trading Estate at Treforest will be available for workers in that as in other neighbouring districts.