§ 1. Mr. ALBERYasked the Minister of Labour what the unemployment figures in the Gravesend Division of Kent were at the time the last Government assumed office, and what they were when the Government resigned?
§ The MINISTER of LABOUR (Sir Henry Betterton)The number of persons on the registers of the Rochester and Gravesend Employment Exchanges was 3,962 on 3rd June, 1929, and 7,709 on 24th August, 1931.
§ Mr. EDEHas the Minister formed any estimate of the number there will be after three months of the present Government?