Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 June 1964.
Mr William Whitelaw
, Penrith and The Border
12:00,
8 June 1964
There is no doubt that in many parts of the country, and, in deed, in parts of the North-East, the bottleneck is the shortage of skilled craftsmen which already exists in the construction industry. With the work that is building up in the North-East, I am sure that the skilled craftsmen, who, the hon. Member will have noticed, are very few in number, will soon be placed in employment.