Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 June 1945.
Captain Bertie Kirby
, Liverpool Everton
12:00,
5 June 1945
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that Messrs. D. Napier and Sons are in the process of closing down their wartime factory at Liverpool, and that it is anticipated that some 7,000 workers will become redundant; and whether his Department has any scheme for the continued use of this modern and efficient factory and personnel that will prevent the threatened unemployment and assist in meeting the country's peace-time requirements.