WOOLLEN AND WORSTED TRADES. (Hansard, 10 March 1926)

HC Deb 10 March 1926 vol 192 c2278 2278

41. Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON
asked the Minister of Labour the rate of unemployment in the woollen and worsted trades in June, 1925?

§ Mr. BETTERTON
The percentage rate of unemployment in Great Britain at 22nd June, 1925, among persons insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts and classified as belonging to the woollen and worsted industry was 19.6.

§ Sir H. CROFT
Has the attention of the hon. Gentleman been called to the enormous increase of the imports for the woollen and the worsted trades in the last four years, and should not this question be considered again?

§ Mr. SPEAKER
That does not arise.