Mr. ROBINSONasked the Minister of Labour if he will furnish for the latest convenient date the number of persons unemployed in the textile industry and the number working short time, showing separately the number of men, women, lads, and girls affected
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe following table shows the number of insured workpeople classified as belonging to each of the textile industries in Great Britain recorded as unemployed at 24th October, 1927, distinguishing between those wholly unemployed and those temporarily stopped from the service of their employers: