§ 49. Mr. Bossomasked the Minister of Labour if he will give the approximate number or approximate percentage of civil servants and of local government officers classified on his registers in the categories of productive and non-productive, respectively.
§ Mr. IsaacsNo such classification is made in the records of my Department.
§ Mr. BossomIn the circumstances of the great demand for manpower at the present time, does the Minister think it desirable that Departments of the Government should have recruited over 20,000 new officials in the last quarter?
§ Mr. IsaacsThe hon. Member asked me about a classification between productive and non-productive workers. It is difficult to say what workers are nonproductive; it may be argued, is this House of Commons productive or not?
§ Mr. W. R. WilliamsWould it be possible for the right hon. Gentleman to get similar figures for the London Stock Exchange or the Central Office of the Tory Party?