HC Deb 28 January 1930 vol 234 cc834-5
23. Colonel HOWARD-BURY

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the numbers employed in the fabric glove industry in May, 1929, and December, 1929?

Mr. W. GRAHAM

According to particulars furnished by the Joint Industrial Council for the Glove-making Industry, in respect of firms which, in 1924, employed about 82 per cent. of the cutters in the fabric glove industry the average number of workpeople, including outworkers, employed by these firms was 1,295 in May, 1929, and 1,183 in December, 1929.

Colonel HOWARD-BURY

Is not the reason for the decrease the uncertainty that overhangs this industry at the present time?