HC Deb 18 February 1947 vol 433 cc154-5W
105. Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenport

asked the Minister of Labour particulars with regard to the employment of the 75,000 persons who will remain covered by the Essential Work Orders after May next.

Mr. Isaacs

Twenty-one thousand workers with agricultural executive committees and 7,000 workers with catchment and internal drainage boards will have been withdrawn from the scope of the Essential Work Orders by the end of May. Forty-seven thousand workers in the dock labour industry will cease to be covered by the Essential Work Orders on 1st July, 1947

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