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Site Preparations (Prisoners Of War Labour)

Volume 411: debated on Thursday 7 June 1945

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asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the unemployed in the Spennymoor area will deeply resent German prisoners of war being engaged on the preparation of housing sites, in accordance with Ministry of Health Circular 90/45; and will he obtain all the labour required for this work from the local labour exchange.

As indicated in the circular to which the hon. Member refers, it is for the local authority in the first place to decide whether to apply for the use of German prisoners of war, and I think it may safely be assumed that they would not consider it necessary to do so where adequate British labour was available.