HC Deb 18 July 1933 vol 280 cc1675-6
43. Lieut.-Colonel MOORE

asked the Minister of Labour the total number of persons unemployed in the Ayr district of burghs at the latest convenient date?

Mr. HUDSON

At 26th June, 1933, there were 13,982 unemployed persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the Parliamentary Division of Ayr Burghs.

Lieut.-Colonel MOORE

Is my hon. Friend aware that that is a reduction of 3,000 since the National Government took office?

Mr. HERBERT WILLIAMS

Can my hon. Friend say whether the figures for this district are contained in the index in the Library?