§ Mr. EVERARDasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in the hosiery trade who are unemployed and partially employed, respectively, at this date and at the corresponding date last year?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDAt 25th April, 1927, the number of persons classified as belonging to the hosiery trade recorded as unemployed in Great Britain was 7,455, of whom 4,815 were temporarily stopped from the service of their employers. The corresponding figures for 26th April, 1926, were 5,927 unemployed, including 3,584 temporarily stopped.