§ 14. Mr. Ridleyasked the Minister of Labour how many persons normally employed in the cotton industry were at the latest date for which the figures are available registered as unemployed and had been so registered continuously for one year, two years, and three years, or more, respectively?
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAt 16th May, 1938, 122,623 insured persons, aged 14–64, in the cotton industry in Great Britain were recorded as unemployed. An analysis of this figure according to the length of the last spell of unemployment is not available.