Sir Robert Aske
Former MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East
Former MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East
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The White Paper proceeds upon the premise that, for some years after the war, there will be no problem of general unemployment. It states that there will, in fact, be a period of shortage of labour. We all hope that the forecast will be fulfilled. It recognises also that there are certain parts of the country, where, even in those earlier years, special difficulties will exist, to which the...
The transfer of labour has been carried on as part of Government policy before the war, denuding these areas of some of the finest workmen they have had, men who had been trained in order to develop the particular industries on which these areas are dependent. What we want is a real stimulant in order to keep these men in the area where the industries are situated and help forward those...
I am taking the Government White Paper, which speaks of a stimulant by the Government. I am asking what is the prescription for that stimulant.
Former MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East
Entered the House of Commons on 6 December 1923 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 15 June 1945 — General election
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