§ Mr. HAMMERSLEYasked the Minister of Labour the number registered of unemployed on the Stockport Employment Exchange on the last available date in May, 1930, and in May last year, and the trades and categories of the persons so registered on these respective dates?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 19th May, 1930, there were 10,585 persons on the registers of the Stockport Employment Exchange as compared with 6,968 at 27th May, 1929. The principal industries in which the greatest number of insured persons were recorded as unemployed at both dates were: the cotton textile industry, general engineering, the distributive trades, the building industry, and hat and cap manufacture.