42. Major EVANSasked the Home Secretary whether he has any information of any extension during 1930 of the five-day week principle in works under the Factory and Workshops Acts; and, if so, whether he can state the nature of the processess, areas, and approximate number of workers affected?
§ Mr. SHORTYes, Sir. My right hon. Friend has received a good deal of information 2097 on this subject, but as the reports are too long to summarise in a reply to a question he would ask his hon. Friend to refer to the Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories for 1930, which he is about to present to Parliament and which will be published very shortly. It gives a full account of the present position and contains a table showing the number of firms adopting this system, and the number of workers employed, grouped according to industry. It also gives information as to the localities chiefly affected.