HC Deb 26 February 1930 vol 235 c2271W
Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many skilled workmen in His Majesty's dockyards have been reverted to labourers in the last year, specifying trades?

Mr. G. HALL

During the year 1929, the number of skilled workmen (tradesmen) who accepted employment as labourers in preference to discharge on reduction was 21, all shipwrights, and these men were restored to their trade class during the same year.