§ 52. Mr. Kennedyasked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed masons, bricklayers, and other workers connected with the house-building industries in Scotland at the last date for which figures are available?
§ Mr. ButlerAs the reply includes a table of figures will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the statement:
§ The total number of insured persons, aged 14 to 64 years, in the building industry, recorded as unemployed at Employment Exchanges in Scotland at 19th April, 1937, was 13,614, of whom 12,794 856 were men aged 21 to 64 years, 723 were youths and boys under 21 years, and 97 women and girls. The numbers of unemployed men, aged 21 to 64 years in the various occupations were as follow:
| Occupation. | Number |
| Carpenters | 781 |
| Bricklayers | 69 |
| Masons | 409 |
| Slaters and Tilers | 333 |
| Plasterers | 149 |
| Painters | 692 |
| Plumbers | 475 |
| Labourers to above and Builders' Labourers | 2,977 |
| Navvies, etc., and General Labourers | 3,716 |
| All other occupations | 3,193 |
| Total, aged 21–64 years | 12,794 |
§ Separate figures in respect of the house-building section of the industry are not available.