HC Deb 16 June 1931 vol 253 cc1614-5
35. Mr. LOUIS SMITH

asked the Minister of Health the total population of Yorkshire and its 12 chief towns as disclosed in the recent Census?

Miss LAWRENCE

My right hon. Friend would ask the hon. Member to be good enough to wait until it is possible to publish the figures for all counties and for all their constituent towns or areas, the preparation of which would be hampered and delayed by the necessity for extracting special figures of the results for particular localities.

Mr. SMITH

Will the hon. Lady explain why it should take so much longer to count the population south of the Tweed than in Scotland?

HON. MEMBERS

It is denser!