HC Deb 02 December 1925 vol 188 c2258W
Mr. FORREST

asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give the latest figure of unemployment in the broom and brush trade, and the percentage of the total employment?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

At 26th October there were 1,224 persons in the broom and brush trade in Great Britain recorded as unemployed, or 12.0 per cent. of the estimated number of insured persons in that trade.