§ 27. Mr. Neil Macleanasked the Minister of Labour the numbers of unemployed registered at each of the Employment Exchanges in Glasgow at the end of June, 1935. 1936, and 1937, respectively, differentiating between the wholly unemployed and the temporarily unemployed?
§ Mr. E. BrownAs the reply includes a table of figures I will, if I may, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Colonel Sir Charles MacAndrewCan the right hon. Gentleman give the totals?
§ Mr. BrownYes, the totals are as follow: June, 1935, 97,892; June, 1936, 86,073; June, 1937, 73,515.
§ Following is the reply:
§ he has any proposals to make for the re-employment of such men in the near future?
§ Mr. E. BrownI regret that statistics giving the information asked for in the first and second parts of the question are not available. With regard to the last part, I have no doubt that the increased activity in the coal mining industry has resulted in the re-employment of miners 2387 over the age of 45 as well as of younger men. I am anxious that the older unemployed men should have a chance of re-employment, and my Department will be glad, in co-operation with the employers and workpeople in the industry, to assist in any way it can towards their re-absorption.
§ Mr. T. SmithIs the Minister aware that there has not been any big increase in older men in the coal mining industry?