§ 26. Mr. HANNONasked the Minister of Labour whether there is any information available as to the number of persons at present employed in the production of gas mantles in this country, as compared with the number employed immediately prior to the imposition of the Safeguarding Duty in December, 1925?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Sir Burton Chadwick)I have been asked to reply. From such information as is available, it would appear that the number of persons employed in the British gas mantle industry in the second and third quarters 1777 of the present year was about the same as the number in the corresponding periods of 1925.