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17.
Mr. T. Smith
asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of wholly unemployed registered at Castleford, Normanton and Pontefract on the latest date available; and how these figures compare with the end of August, 1939?
Mr. E. Brown
I am having the available figures extracted and will forward them to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
Mr. Smith
In areas where unemployment has not been reduced a great deal since the beginning of the war, have any special inquiries been made with a view to seeing that some of these men are absorbed into industry?
Mr. Brown
Certainly.