HC Deb 17 March 1932 vol 263 c435
12. Lieut.-Commander AGNEW

asked the Minister of Labour the number of tin miners unemployed on 22nd February, 1932, or the nearest convenient date?

Sir H. BETTERTON

For statistical purposes, insured persons in the tin-mining industry are included in the industrial group "Lead, Tin and Copper Mining." At 22nd February, 1932, there were 3,154 insured persons in this classification recorded as unemployed in Great Britain.