§ 105. Mr. Randallasked the Minister of Labour if he will now make a statement regarding his activities in connection with attracting increased manpower into the cotton industry and achieving an increase in production; and whether he will give any indication of targets for 1948.
§ Mr. Ness EdwardsI know very well that nothing is more important than to increase as rapidly as possible the labour force in the cotton industry, and all our176W efforts in the cotton districts are directed to this end by intensified publicity, by improvement of conditions, by the operation of the labour controls, and by the supply of foreign workers. The target for 1948 is under consideration.