§ 48. Mrs. Mannasked the Minister of Labour the percentage of unemployed persons in Lanarkshire, and in districts and burghs thereof for which he has such information.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodIn the county as a whole, the percentage rate of unemployment at 12th May was 3.9. The only localities for which separate percentages of unemployment can be computed are Lanark, Shotts and Lesmahagow, where the precentages were 2.0, 3.6 and 2.2 respectively. In the Glasgow area the percentage was 3.4 and in the rest of North Lanarkshire taken as a whole it was 6.5.