§ Mr. Francis Noel-Bakerasked the Minister of Labour what steps he will take to improve the opportunities for the employment of epileptic people in the Swindon area, in view of the difficulties they now encounter in obtaining work for which they are suited; and if he will make an official appeal to local employers.
§ Mr. ThorntonThe Department's disablement resettlement officers constantly bear in mind the desirability of making special approaches to employers, when appropriate, in order to place disabled people. Three epileptics are at present registered as unemployed in the Swindon area, two of whom it is hoped will be found employment in a local sheltered workshop as soon as suitable work is available. The third is being considered for a course of industrial rehabilitation.