§ Lieut.-Colonel Price-Whiteasked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the desirability of making slate available for the housing programme, he will arrange that quarrymen are made eligible for release under Class B; and whether, in view of the fact that no development has been possible in the slate quarry industry for the past six years, because of the shortage of labour, he will now give special priority to this provision of labour for the slate quarries.
§ Mr. Ness EdwardsWorkers from slate quarries are included in the present programme of releases under Class B. Everything possible is being done to meet the industry's need for labour, including the giving of priority and a scheme for the return from other industries of workers nominated by their former employers.