HC Deb 09 December 1927 vol 211 c1742W
Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons, specifying men, women, boys and girls, on the Devonport Employment Exchange for the month of November?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

The following table shows the number of persons on the registers of the Devonport Employment Exchange on each Monday of November, 1927:

28 season in the beet-sugar factories which are on the subsidy list?

Mr. GUINNESS

The approximate number of persons employed in the sugar-beet factories in the 1926–27 season was 7,157. About 8,400 are being employed in sugar-beet factories during the present season.