Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 December 1964.
Mr Julian Snow
, Lichfield and Tamworth
12:00,
7 December 1964
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will draw to the attention of the Lichfield and Tamworth Local Employment Committee the need to investigate the shortage of work paid at rates competitive with Birmingham in the area, resulting in the continued commuting of workers to Birmingham; and if he will request the committee in question to make this matter the subject of a special report.
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