§ Sir W. BRASSasked the Minister of Labour the number of cotton textile operatives registered as unemployed at the commencement of May, 1929, and at the corresponding date in 1931?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 27th April, 1931, there were 215,488 insured persons in the cotton industry classification recorded as unemployed in Great Britain. The corresponding figure at 22nd April, 1929, was 76,070.