§ Mr. de Freitasasked the Minister of Labour how much short-time working and unemployment there was in Lincoln on 1st July or the most recent convenient date; and whether he will make a statement on the steps being taken to alleviate the situation.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodOn 16th June, 1958, the latest date for which statistics are available, 719 persons were registered as wholly unemployed at the Lincoln Employment Exchange and 1,931 as temporarily stopped. I am advised that, since the date of the June count, full-time working has been 29W resumed at two firms at which short-time had been in operation. The local employment exchange is giving every assistance to unemployed workers.