HC Deb 29 November 1965 vol 721 cc128-9W
Mr. Symonds

asked the Minister of Labour, in view of the increase in the number of redundancies in West Cumberland as a result of pit closures, if he will set up a retraining centre in Cumberland as early as possible.

Mr. Thornton

I have considered this carefully but find that the industry and population of the area are insufficient to support a Centre of reasonably economic size.