§ Mr. NOEL BUXTONasked the Minister of Labour the trades to which the provisions of the Trade Boards Acts have been applied, and the approximate number of workers affected in each trade?
§ Sir M. BARLOWTrade Boards have been established in the following trades: Aerated waters boot and floor polish: boot and shoe repairing brush and broom; button-making; chain; coffin furniture and cerement making; cotton waste reclamation; corset: dressmaking and women's light clothing; flax and hemp; fur; general waste materials' reclamation; grocery and provisions: hair, bass and fibre; hat, cap and millinery; hollow-ware; jute; lace finishing laundry; linen and cotton handkerchief and household goods and linen piece-goods; made-op textiles; milk distributive; ostrich and fancy feather and artificial flower paper bag; paper box perambulator and invalid carriage; pin, hook and eye and snap fastener ready-made and wholesale bespoke tailoring: retail bespoke tailoring; rope, twine and net; sack and bag; shirtmaking; stamped or pressed metal wares sugar, confectionary and food preserving; tin box: tobacco; toy; wholesale mantle and costume. Accurate statistics are not available with regard to all the trades, but it is estimated that the total number of worker s affected is some 2,500,000.