§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will advise all employment officers in the employment district of her Department that they should not send more men than vacancies available for interview where the travelling time to the place of interview is long or access difficult and that wherever possible all interviewing should take place in her own departmental offices.
§ Mr. FernyhoughMy Department has a responsibility to employers as well as workers. To discharge it my officers endeavour to provide a reasonable field of suitable workers from which an employer can select. It is not, however, 311W the practice to submit many more men than the number of vacancies known to be available, especially where a difficult journey is involved.
Employers may be given facilities to conduct interviews on employment exchange premises, but it would not be practicable to provide for all such interviewing to take place in this way.