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Coal Industry (Foreign Workers)

Volume 465: debated on Tuesday 24 May 1949

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89.

asked the Minister of Labour whether, in order to increase the manpower in the mines, he will approach the Italian Government with a view to recruiting suitable workers from the unemployed in Italy.

No. I understand from the National Coal Board that the coalmining industry could not at present readily assimilate any additional foreign workers.