Oral Answers to Questions — National War Effort

– in the House of Commons on 17 December 1942.

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    asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of a shortage of labour in certain sections of the cotton industry and what proposals he has for dealing with the matter?

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    asked the Minister of Labour whether, in taking account of the terms of well established industrial arrangements which he has power to accept as an alternative to the machinery of appeal under...

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    asked the Minister of Labour the lowest rate of wage fixed by any trade board at the present time?

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    asked the Minister of Labour whether he is now in a position to make a statement regarding further withdrawals of labour from the retail non-food distributive trades?

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    asked the Minister of Labour whether, in order to ensure regular working, he has applied, or intends to apply, the Essential Work Order to the corn-threshing industry?

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