§ Mr. KELLYasked the Minister of Agriculture the number of men and women who are registered as employed in the fishing industry in Great Britain; and how many of them are contributors under the Insurance Acts?
§ Mr. N. BUXTONThe total number of men engaged both regularly and partially in actual fishing operations in Great Britain during the year 1927 (the latest year for which complete information is available) was approximately 60,000. Detailed information on this subject is given in the Sea Fisheries Statistical Tables, 1928, for England and Wales and for Scotland respectively. The numbers of persons insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, aged 16 to 64, classified as belonging to the fishing industry in Great Britain at July, 1929, are as under:
Men … … … 25,700 Boys … … … 820 Women … … … 840 Girls … … … 140 27,500 Fisher girls, i.e., girls engaged in gutting and packing herrings, are not included in these figures.