Oral Answers to Questions — Employment

– in the House of Commons on 8 July 1952.

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    asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the increasing difficulty of women in obtaining employment in West Fife; and what steps he is taking to remedy the position.

  • Labour Supply Inspectorate (6 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Labour if he will give particulars of his scheme to send 100 inspectors to British factories to advise managements on the best uses to be made of skilled labour.

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    asked the Minister of Labour whether he will arrange for an inquiry into the conditions of labour in this country of out-workers, also known as home-workers; and whether he will include in such...

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    asked the Minister of Labour if he will take steps to provide the building trade operatives for the urgently required house building for the city of Stoke-on-Trent.

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  • Hours of Work (5 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Labour the average weekly hours of work per man in industry in the United Kingdom over the latest period for which figures are available.

  • Lanarkshire (6 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons signing the unemployed register in the various exchanges in Lanarkshire.

  • Catering Wages (6 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Labour the number of cases he has had reported to him of catering employers paying their staffs wages out of the tronc; and in how many instances he has introduced legal...

  • Shipbuilding (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Labour what effect the heavy reduction in freight rates is anticipated to have on employment in the shipbuilding industry.

  • Textile Areas (Minister's Visit) (11 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement on his Parliamentary Secretary's recent visit to the textile areas.

  • Agriculture, Hunts. (Youths) (6 speeches)

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  • Palace of Westminster (3 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Labour in what circumstances Her Majesty's inspectors investigate the conditions under which workers within the Palace of Westminster are employed.

  • Building Workers, London (6 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Labour what special steps he is taking to ensure that unemployed building workers in the London area are being found jobs on the building of houses.

  • Briggs and Fords, Dagenham (Dispute) (2 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Labour what further steps have been taken to settle the disputes at Briggs and Fords.