39. Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed registered at the Employment Exchanges in the Ayr Burghs Parliamentary area on the 30th April last, and on the same date in 1929, respectively?
§ The MINISTER of LABOUR (Miss Bondfield)At 28th April, 1930, there were 3,494 persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the Ayr Burghs Parliamentary area, as compared with 2,559 at 29th April, 1929.