§ 125 and 126. Mr. Marplesasked the Minister of Labour (1) what arrangements he has made to find alternative employment for men formerly employed on the Liverpool Cotton Exchange;
(2) what provision has been made for ex-Servicemen who were former employees on the Liverpool Cotton Exchange and who can no longer be reinstated.
§ Mr. Isaacs:Before the Liverpool Cotton Exchange was closed on 31st March, 1941, many of the staff who would be displaced were interviewed by officers of my Department assisted by representatives of the Cotton Association with a view to assisting those not due for calling up to His Majesty's Forces to obtain suitable alternative employment. The great majority were placed in or found other work. Every effort is being made to offer suitable alternative employment to any of these workpeople who have since become unemployed and also to those who cannot be reinstated on return from the Forces.