§ 59. Mr. Shurmerasked the Minister of Labour how many of the 300 workers, to whom notices were issued recently by the Birmingham Small Arms Company, have registered as unemployed; how many have been found work by his Department; and how many have been offered alternative employment at other factories of the Birmingham Small Arms organisation.
§ Mr. CarrAt various exchanges in or near Birmingham my local officers had been able towards the end of last week to identity 140 workers from the Birmingham Small Arms Factory who had registered as unemployed. Sixteen of these had so far been submitted to jobs in their home area by the employment exchanges and 105 were then still unemployed. The company is unable as yet to state the number to whom offers of work in other factories associated with the company can be made.