Dr. MURRAYasked the Minister of Labour how many dock workers were employed in Cardiff in the months of February, March, April, May, June, and July of this year, respectively?
§ Dr. MACNAMARANo records are available showing the numbers actually employed from time to time in the Cardiff Docks. Under the registration618W scheme, which is in operation in this port, approximately 4,500 men are registered as transport workers. Included in this number are approximately 1,000 coal trimmers, who work under a system of pooling wages, and a large number of permanent employés whose work is not subject to casual fluctuation. There are, I understand, some 2,000 casual transport workers whose employment fluctuates according to the requirements of the port. There is a considerable number of employers in the port, and I regret I have no information as as to the exact number of registered transport workers employed on any day.