HC Deb 29 January 1930 vol 234 cc1024-5W
Mr. T. SMITH

asked the Minister of Labour the number of men, women, boys and girls registered as out of work at the Pontefract, Castleford and Goole Employment Exchanges for each month from June to December, 1929, inclusive?

Miss BONDFIELD

The following table shows the numbers of persons on the registers of the Employment Exchanges mentioned at about the middle of each month of the period June to December, 1929, inclusive:

from the Canadian Wheat Pool is visiting this country, and the intended scope of the discussion?

Mr. THOMAS

While in Canada I met the representatives of the Wheat Pool and discussed with them the possibility of greater regularity in wheat shipments which might result, among other things, in a freer movement of tonnage between the St. Lawrence Basin and the United Kingdom, and so facilitate coal shipments from this country. I invited them to continue these discussions when they came to Europe on their own business.