§ Mr. PERKINSasked the Minister of Labour the total number of people unemployed in the brush trade during 1931 and 1933 at the last available date?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONThe numbers of insured persons in the brush and broom industry classification recorded as unemployed in Great Britain were 2,261 at 26th October, 1931, and 1,771 at 23rd October, 1933.