HC Deb 16 December 1947 vol 445 c310W
99. Mr. Fairhurst

asked the Minister of Labour how many firms in the Lancashire cotton textile industry have not yet installed food canteens, and reasonable washing and toilet facilities.

Mr. Isaacs

The progress in this matter cannot be indicated by statistics. Improvements have been or are being carried out on a widespread scale but they are bound to be successive and gradual because the material, equipment and labour cannot all be made available at once.