HC Deb 24 December 1929 vol 233 cc2122-3W
Mr. KELLY

asked the Minister of Labour if she will state the number of workpeople registered as unemployed from the artificial silk trade and the number registered as employed in the same trade?

Miss BONDFIELD

The estimated number of insured persons, aged 16 to 64, classified as belonging to the silk and artificial silk industries in Great Britain at July, 1929, was 73,480. The number of such persons recorded as unemployed at 25th November was 8,730. Separate statistics for the artificial silk industry are not available.