§ Mr. Lipsonasked the Minister of Aircraft Production whether he receives a weekly report from all factories engaged on aircraft production of the number of hours lost by idle machines and by men and women who are on waiting cards; and will he give the last recorded figures for machines, men and women?
§ Lieut.-Colonel Moore-BrabazonInformation regarding waiting time is obtained monthly from the principal contractors in the aircraft industry. The detailed figures asked for are not available but returns received over the last few months show that the loss in productive labour averages about 1½ per cent.