26. Captain TERRELLasked the Minister of Labour whether there are any, and, if so, what branches of industry in which there has been a decrease in the number of workmen regularly employed since the beginning of the year?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI am having published in the OFFICIAL REPORT a Table obtained from the Z.8 inquiries, showing the numbers employed in certain groups of industries at January and July of this year. I am also sending to my hon. and gallant Friend Tables giving the percentage of unemployed in each month of the year among members of certain trade unions, and also in the trades insured against unemployment under the Acts of 1911 and 1916, which would take up too much space if printed in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The following the Table promised:
§ and how many friendly societies have hitherto notified their intention of working the Unemployment Insurance Act; and whether in all parts of the country the response is adequate from these two sets of bodies?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAUp to the end of October the number of applications received was 169. Of these, 148 were made by trade unions, and the remaining 21 by friendly societies or associations specially formed in connection with friendly societies. The applications, which come from bodies connected with 369 nearly every industry, indicate a fairly general desire on the part of bodies eligible to do so to assist in the working of the Act.