Sir F. HALLasked the Minister of Labour what were the respective numbers of persons employed in each of the safeguarded industries on 30th April, 1929; and what were the numbers employed in each of such industries immediately prior to the application thereto of the provisions of the Safeguarding of Industries Act?
§ Mr. LAWSONSeparate figures are not available in respect of the specific industries to which the Safeguarding of Industries Act applies, with the exception of lace manufacture. At the beginning of July, 1925, there were approximately1320W 18,540 insured persons aged 16 to 64 classified as belonging to this industry in Great Britain, of whom 3,220 were recorded as unemployed. At July, 1928, the corresponding number of insured persons was 17,070, of whom 1,040 were recorded as unemployed at 22nd April, 1929, and 1,655 at 24th June, 1929.