HC Deb 13 March 1930 vol 236 c1520W
Mr. KELLY

asked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women employed in the asbestos industry in Great Britain with the number insured for unemployment?

Miss BONDFIELD

Separate statistics of the number of insured persons in the asbestos industry are not available, as that industry is included with others in the group "Textile industries not separately specified." At the population Census of 1921, the number of "occupied" persons classified as belonging to the asbestos industry in Great Britain included 2,550 males and 1,327 females, aged 12 and over.