HC Deb 22 February 1955 vol 537 c139W
113. Mr. Lee

asked the Minister of Labour the number of vacancies he is unable to fill in the electrical engineering, civil engineering, and building industries, respectively.

Mr. Watkinson

The notified vacancies unfilled on the 12th January in the electrical engineering, civil engineering and building industries were 11,687, 5,017 and 17,006, respectively, but the fact that a vacancy is not filled on a particular day does not necessarily mean that we are unable to fill it reasonably soon.