HC Deb 11 July 1928 vol 219 cc2260-2W
Mr. KELLY

asked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women registered as unemployed from the artificial silk trade in June, 1928?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

Separate figures in respect of the artificial silk industry are not available, but at 25th June, 1938, there were 1,179 insured males and 2,227 insured females classified as belonging to the silk and artificial silk industries recorded as unemployed in Great Britain. Of these numbers, 516 males and 1,380 females were temporarily stopped from the service of their employers.