§ 56. Mr. REMERasked the Minister of Labour how many persons are unemployed in the steel industry of the United Kingdom?
§ The MINISTER of LABOUR (Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland)The number of insured persons recorded as unemployed in Great Britain on 25th January, classified as belonging to the industrial group "steel melting and iron puddling furnaces, iron and steel rolling mills and forges," was 44,137.
§ Mr. GRIFFITHSIs the Minister aware that, although he finds so many unemployed in the iron and steel trade, the production is greater to-day than it was in 1913?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDYes, Sir, I am quite well aware of the capacity of the industry.