§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Labour how many British seamen, including all sea-going persons other than fishermen, are unemployed at the present time or on the nearest convenient date?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 22nd September, 1930, there were 24,548 men, wholly unemployed, classified as seamen, of all nationalities, on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain. Separate statistics are not available in respect of seamen of British nationality.