§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men were wholly unemployed in each of the Edinburgh and Lothian employment exchange areas in June, 1971, who last worked in the construction industry ; how many were registered as bricklayers, plumbers and pipe fitters, painters, plasterers, slaters, joiners, and electricians, respectively ; and what were the corresponding figures in June, 1970.
§ Mr. Dudley Smith: Following is the information :
for the exemption of 10,000 small firms out of a total of 27,000 firms covered by the Board. I am sending the hon. Member details of proposals recently announced by my right hon. Friend for taking certain small but highly specialised activities completely outside the scope of the Engineering and the Construction Industry Training Boards.