Mr. Johnstonasked the Minister of Labour whether, at the public works for the construction of a balloon barrage on the outskirts of Glasgow, workers are being imported from Sheffield and Ireland; and whether there are insufficient unemployed men in the area capable of performing the work required?
§ Mr. E. BrownI am informed that the contractors found it necessary to transfer a number of their "key" men from Sheffield but that no men were transferred from Ireland. It is not anticipated that any difficulty will rise in meeting from local sources any likely demands for other men to be employed on this work.