18. Miss LEEasked the Minister of Labour the number of workers employed in any branch of the building industry who are at present registered as unemployed in the county of Lanarkshire, including Glasgow?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAs the reply is in the form of a table, I will, if I may, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. TRAINIs the right hon. Lady aware that Glasgow is a county in itself and has nothing to do with Lanarkshire?
§ Following is the table:
§ Insured persons classified as belonging to the building industry recorded as unemployed at Employment Exchanges in Lanarkshire (including Glasgow) at 26th January, 1931:
| Occupation. | Number unemployed. | |
| Carpenters | … | 1,026 |
| Bricklayers | … | 555 |
| Masons | … | 241 |
| Slaters | … | 296 |
| Plasterers | … | 352 |
| Painters | … | 1,533 |
| Plumbers | … | 496 |
| Labourers to above | … | 1,736 |
| All other occupations | … | 3,217 |
| Total | … | 9,452 |