Foreign Workers

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 February 1951.

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Photo of Mr James Glanville Mr James Glanville , Consett 12:00, 12 February 1951

Would my hon. Friend impress upon the Opposition that the objection to employing Italian labour is not on the grounds of nationality but on the grounds of language? Will he point out, for the edification of hon. Gentlemen opposite, who know nothing about this, that in a coal mine it is necessary that each man should understand the language of the man with whom he is working?