§ Mr. KELLYasked the Minister of Labour if she will state the number of workpeople employed in the plain net and lace trade; and the number registered as unemployed from the same trade?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe estimated number of insured workpeople, aged 16 to 64, classified as belonging to the lace industry (including plain net manufacture) in Great Britain at July, 1929, was 16,920. The number of such persons recorded as unemployed at 25th November was 1,649.