§ 9. Mr. OSWALD LEWISasked the Minister of Labour the number of British seamen unemployed on 1st June, 1929, and on the latest date for which the figures are available?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 18th May, 1931, there were 32,834 wholly unemployed seamen on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain. The corresponding 1178 figure for 27th May, 1929, was 15,258. Separate statistics in respect of British seamen are not available.
§ Mr. EDEWill my right hon. Friend's Department take steps to impress upon British shipowners the desirability of employing British labour on their ships?