§ 17. Mr. McENTEEasked the Minister of Labour the numbers of joiners and general woodcutters registered as unemployed on the last available date; and will he give similar figures for 1929?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONAs the reply includes a number of figures I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the statement:
§ Wholly unemployed persons aged 18 and over on the registers of employment exchanges in Great Britain who were applicants for work in certain wood-working occupations.
| — | 23rd January, 1933. | 21st January, 1929. |
| Carpenters and Joiners | 46,017 | 15,503 |
| Wood Sawyers | 3,897 | 1,625 |
| Wood working Machinists. | 6,198 | 1,723 |