26 and 27. Mr. R. Williamsasked the Minister of Labour (1) the number of registered unemployed persons in the engineering industries in the Wigan area for the first quarter of 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952;
(2) the number of registered unemployed persons in the textile industries in the Wigan area for the first quarter of 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952.
§ Sir W. MoncktonThe numbers of persons whose last employment was in the engineering and textile industries registered as unemployed at employment exchanges in Wigan at the undermentioned dates are: