§ 69. Mr. Bairdasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that an employers' order card sent to Wolverhampton employment exchange from the Midlands Electricity Board was marked "No Irish "; and what action he takes in dealing with such discriminatory requests.
Mr. lain MacleodCertain vacancies notified to the employment exchange at Wolverhampton by the Midlands Electivity Board originally carried the stipulation "No Irish ", but I am glad to say that the Board is now prepared to consider Irishmen on their merits.
The employment exchanges themselves do not exercise any discrimination on grounds of race, religion, sex or belief, and if an employer seems to be exercising 44W unjustifiable discrimination, efforts are made to persuade him to reconsider his attitude.