§ 59. Mr. Fernyhoughasked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that Courtauld's Knitting Mill on the Bede Estate, Jarrow, is closing down at the end of the year and that, in consequence, 210 men and women will lose their employment; and if he will take immediate and urgent steps to find another tenant for the factory, in order, as far as is possible, to provide alternative employment for the workers affected.
§ Sir D. EcclesYes. The firm informed me last Friday. We and they will do our best to find a suitable occupier for the factory.