Textile Operatives, Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley

HC Deb 22 July 1952 vol 504 cc18-9W

Mr. Boardman

asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of men and women cotton or rayon operatives who were unemployed in Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley during the last week of October, 1951, and the last weeks of March and June, 1952.

Mr. Watkinson

The following table gives the information desired:

a building licence; and whether he will now reconsider his decision.

Mr. Watkinson

Yes. Officers of this Department have recently discussed with representatives of the local authority its application for assistance towards the cost of an extension. The application was not for a building licence but for a substantial grant and this is at present the subject of detailed examination.