§ 3. Mrs. Castleasked the Minister of Supply why, in view of the fact that the Economic Survey for 1952 estimates that 5,000 additional workers will be required for the Royal Ordnance factories, unemployed workers in Blackburn are informed that there are no vacancies at the Royal Ordnance factory, Lower Darwen.
§ Mr. SandysTwo hundred and fifty workers have been engaged since January. The expansion of production in the Royal Ordnance factories does not, of course, proceed at a constant rate. In consequence, the rate of recruitment is bound to vary.