§ 9. Mr. GRANVILLE GIBSONasked the Minister of Labour the percentage of unemployment, respectively, in the leather and fabric sections of the glove-making industry?
§ Miss BONDFIELDI regret that as "Glove-making" is included in the group "Dress industries not separately specified," separate statistics of the total number of insured persons, and the percentage unemployed in respect of the glove-making industry, are not available.
§ Mr. GIBSONIs the right hon. Lady aware that the joint industrial council of the glove-making industry have published figures that it has no unemployed, and that the trade union officials refuse to accept new workers in the industry because they are afraid of unemployment if safeguarding is taken away?
§ Miss BONDFIELDI am not aware of that.
§ Mr. GIBSONMay I send the right hon. Lady the report for 1929?
§ Miss BONDFIELDWith pleasure.