Two mills at Drefach normally employing 14 workpeople are at present temporarily closed and 22 men and 12 women weavers are registered as unemployed at the Llandyssul Employment Office which includes, among others, the Drefach—Velindre area. One mill at Velindre and one at Llandyssul were temporarily closed towards the end of May, but these mills, employing together about 100 persons, resumed full-time working on 12th June. I understand that the improvement is due in part to the fact that Government flannel contracts have recently been placed with certain firms in the area. As the hon. Member is no doubt aware, the districts concerned are included in the list of areas to which a preference is given, other things being equal, in the allocation of Government contracts. As regards the last part of the question, following upon a deputation received on 12th May last in my Department from the county council of Carmarthenshire, the attention of the contracting Departments was drawn to the facilities afforded in the county for the production of flannel.