§ Mr. MYERSasked the Minister of Labour the number of workers in the engineering industry who are unemployed and on short time, respectively?
§ Sir M. BARLOWAt 4th February, the latest date for which detailed figures are available, the number of unemployment books in the engineering and ironfounding industry lodged at Employment Exchanges was 135,737 in respect of total unemployment and 35,675 in respect of short-time working.