asked the Lord Privy Seal if he is aware that the Unemployment Grants Committee declined to accede to the application of the Leeds Corporation for a grant towards the cost of expediting the construction of 150 tramcars, giving as one reason for so deciding the absence of acute unemployment in the car-building industry; that inquiries have shown that unemployment is exceptionally acute in this industry and that the two firms at Preston and Leicester who built the last large fleet of cars for Leeds are almost at a standstill for lack of orders; and will he have this matter reconsidered?

This matter has been brought to my notice, and I am discussing it further with my right hon. Friend.