§ 79 and 80. Mr. Pentlandasked the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will indicate the industries, new and prevailing, which are expected to provide the 22,000 new jobs in prospect in the North-East region;
(2) whether he will state the number of females, males, and juveniles, respectively. expected to be employed as a result of the 22,000 new jobs in prospect in the North-East region.
§ Mr. N. MacphersonOn the basis of the information supplied by the undertakings concerned, we estimate that there are at present about 12,000 new industrial jobs in prospect in the North-East for males and about 9,000 for females. I cannot say how many of these will be for juveniles.
The industries include engineering, radio and electrical, chemicals, clothing and footwear, metal manufacture, paper and printing, and glass.