§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Labour the number of carpenters, bricklayers, masons, slaters, plasterers, painters, plumbers, and labourers that were unemployed on the last date for which the number is available?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe latest information available is that relating to 26th October, when the number of insured workpeople in the building trade of Great Britain recorded as unemployed was as under:
Carpenters … 2,864 Bricklayers … 911 Masons … 781 Slaters … 193 Plasterers … 202 Painters … 18,230 Plumbers … 1,521 Labourers … 24,377 Other workers in the Building Trade … 20,313 69,392