§ Mr. Manderasked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that, although information with regard to manufacturing facilities in Wolverhampton and neighbourhood is now in the possession of the Director of Industrial Progress, no action has been taken; that there is urgent need of samples and drawings at Wolverhampton; and whether he will consider the advisability of setting up an advisory committee representative of employers and employed in the district, through which action could be taken for the distribution of, and the rapid increase in, orders for urgent Government requirements?
§ Mr. BurginI cannot agree that no action has been taken on the information which has been made available to the Ministry with regard to manufacturing facilities in Wolverhampton and neighbourhood, since orders have been placed by the Ministry with a large number of firms in this district.
With regard to the second part of the question, arrangements are being made for samples for this district to be available at Birmingham, and as regards the last part, arrangements on the lines indicated are now under consideration.