HC Deb 10 February 1948 vol 447 cc47-8W
98. Mr. Randall

asked the Minister of Labour what is the total intake of foreign workers to the textile industry expressed under appropriate headings such as Poles, European volunteer workers, prisoners of war, etc., with reference to the sections of the textile industry in which they are working.

Mr. Isaacs

Up to the end of January, 1948, a total of 1,633 members of the Polish Resettlement Corps and 3,791 European volunteer workers had been placed in employment in the cotton industry; 1,417 members of the Polish Resettlement Corps and 2,664 European volunteer workers in the wool textile industry; 635 members of the Polish Resettlement Corps and 918 European volunteer workers in the silk and rayon industries; and 564 members of the Polish Resettlement Corps and 295 European volunteer workers in other branches of the textile industry. The number of prisoners of war employed in the textile industry is negligible.

Mr. Platts-Mills

asked the Minister of Labour what are the numbers of prisoners-of-war and other foreign workers at present employed in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex.

Mr. Isaacs

This information is not available.