§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Labour the present number of persons registered as unemployed in Hull; and the principal trades and callings that account for this present unemployment?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 24th March, 1930, there were 16,786 persons on the registers of the Hull Employment Exchange. The industries in which the largest numbers of insured persons were recorded as unemployed were: Dock, harbour, river and canal service; distributive trades; shipbuilding; manufacture of oils, grease, etc.; shipping service and the building industry.