HC Deb 15 February 1949 vol 461 c146W
83. Mr. Edward Evans

asked the President of the Board of Trade how many new industrial undertakings have been operating since VJ-day in Lowestoft, Beccles and Southwold, respectively; and how many men, women and juniors are employed in each town in these undertakings.

Mr. H. Wilson

Eight new industrial undertakings have been operating since VJ-day in Lowestoft and one in Beccles. No new industrial undertakings have been set up in Southwold. The number employed in these undertakings in Lowestoft is 219 men and boys and 372 women and girls, and in Beccles 32 women and girls.