§ Mr. CLARRYasked the Minister of Labour the number of skilled and unskilled artisans unemployed and available for building work in the Newport (Mon.) borough and district?
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§ Mr. SHAWThe number of men in the area of the Newport (Mon.) Employment-Exchange who were registered, on 26th May, 1924, as seeking work in the building trades was 167. The occupations of these men were as follow:
Carpenters 2 Bricklayers 1 Painters 8 Plumbers 3 Labourers 93 Other occupations' 60* 167 $Including clerks, carters, etc., recorded as last working for employers engaged in the building industry.
§ Major HORE-BELISHAasked the Minister of Labour how many men whose ordinary occupation is one or other of the crafts of the building trade are registered as unemployed in Devonport 86W and Plymouth, respectively, specifying the number of men in each such craft, skilled and unskilled?
§ Mr. SHAWThe following table gives the information asked for, in as much detail as is available from the records:
Numbers of men in the building trades on the registers of the Employment Exchanges at Plymouth and Devonport on 26th May, 1924:
Occupation. Plymouth. Devonport. Carpenters and joiners 11 11 Bricklayers 2 — Masons 3 — Painters 20 5 Plumbers 13 1 Labourers 55 11 Other occupations (including clerks, carmen, etc.) 98 54 Totals 201 82