68. Sir N. STEWART SANDEMANasked the Minister of Labour what is the number of the unemployed in the flax trade in this country?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Mr. Lawson)Separate figures in respect of the flax industry are not available. For statistical purposes flax dressing, carding, spinning and weaving are included in the group "linen manufacture (including mixed flax and hemp goods)," and at 26th January, 1931, there were 5,272 insured persons, including 1,258 men, 65 boys, 3,664 women and 285 girls, classified as belonging to that industry recorded as unemployed in Great Britain.