HC Deb 17 April 1907 vol 172 c979
VISCOUNT TURNOUR

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can obtain from the consular authorities at Hamburg an approximate estimate of the number of English stevedores who have been employed there since 1st March.

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE

His Majesty's Consul-General at Hamburg reports that the total number of British dock labourers employed there since 1st March is about 4,500, but several hundreds have left again. I understand that the great majority of these men were not stevedores, but no information is available as to the actual number of British stevedores brought over.

VISCOUNT TURNOUR

Have these 4,000 men lately arrived at Hamburg?

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE

I do not know when they arrived. They have been employed there since 1st March.

CAPTAIN CRAIG (Down, E.)

How many of the men were discharged from Woolwich Arsenal?

MR. LLOYD-GEORGE

I cannot say. † Excess of out-going over in-coming passengers. ‡ Excess of in-coming over out-going passengers.