§ 26. Mr. S. P. Viantasked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women registering as unemployed at the Willesden employment exchange at the latest practicable date; and if he has any knowledge of the number employed for part-time owing to lack of material.
§ Sir W. MoncktonFive hundred and thirty-two males and 177 females at 11th February. I regret that statistics of the numbers on short-time owing to lack of materials are not available, but the total numbers registered as temporarily stopped included in the foregoing figures were nine males and nine females.
§ Mr. HargreavesIs the Minister aware that taking the figures on a Monday of those temporarily stopped ignores the fact that most of the short-time working occurs at the week-ends? Will he bring that fact to bear on the general consideration of the whole of this matter of temporarily stopped workers?
§ Sir W. MoncktonI will go into the question of whether taking a Monday is satisfactory for the purpose which the hon. Member has in mind.
§ Mr. Spencer SummersIs there any significance in the fact that the question asks about men and women and the right hon. Gentleman's reply refers to males and females?