§ Mr. KELLAWAYasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will show for each of the past ten years the percentage unemployed 573W among carpenters and joiners, and the value of wooden house-frames and joiners' work imported into the United Kingdom; and if the figures show that in those years when the import of foreign joinery has been large the unemployment amongst British joiners has been small, and vice-versâ how the Board accounts for this state of things?
Mr. BUXTONThe following table gives the figures asked for by my hon. Friend:—
Table showing the value of wooden house frames, fittings, and joiners' work imported into the United Kingdom, and the percentage unemployed among Trade Union carpenters and joiners in the United Kingdom, in each of the years 1900–1910.
Year. Value of Imported Joinery. Percentage returned as Unemployed among Carpenters and Joiners £ Per cent. 1900 … 1,195,314 2.2 1901 … 1,153,759 3.3 1902 … 1,145,154 3.8 1903 … 469,227 4.5 1904 … 332,627 7.3 1905 … 317,288 8.0 1906 … 272,949 6.9 1907 … 224,596 7.2 1908 … 209,632 11.3 1909 … 185,487 11.5 1910 … 205,428 8.2