HC Deb 13 February 1939 vol 343 cc1378-9W
Mr. J. Griffiths

asked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered the representations received in reference to some of the idle sheet steel works in West Wales; and whether, in view of the fact that the men formerly employed at those works have been continuously unemployed for years, he will take steps to secure that some of the Government orders for sheet steel for air-raid precautions purposes are allotted to those works?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

My right hon. Friend is in communication with my right hon. Friend the Lord Privy Seal on this question, and will let the hon. Member know whether it would be practicable to arrange for the allocation of any contracts for sheet steel for air-raid shelters to works that are now idle in West Wales.