HC Deb 24 March 1971 vol 814 c143W
Mr. Oswald

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the total number of plumbers formerly engaged on house building and industrial building, at present registered as unemployed within the Edinburgh and Lothians employment exchanges area.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Following is the information:

Numbers of registered wholly unemployed men at 8th March, 1971 (provisional) who last worked in the construction industry as plumbers and pipe fitters:
Edinburgh 68
Leith 29
Portobello 9
Dalkeith 2
Loanhead 3
Musselburgh 2
Tranent 2
Bathgate 4
Livingston 5
West Calder —
Broxburn 4
B'ness —
Linlithgow —
Haddington 2
Total 130