HC Deb 24 March 1932 vol 263 c1175
2. Lieut.-Commander BOWER

asked the Minister of Labour the number of ironstone miners and quarrymen unemployed on any convenient date in February, 1932?

Sir H. BETTERTON

At 22nd February, 1932, there were 5,202 insured persons in the iron ore and ironstone mining and quarrying classification recorded as unemployed in Great Britain.