HC Deb 27 February 1929 vol 225 c1952
36. Sir JOHN POWER

asked the Minister of Labour if he can furnish an estimate of the number of people temporarily rendered unemployed by the recent frost?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

It is estimated that the recent severe weather caused an increase in the number of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain of between 140,000 and 150,000.