§ Mr. Kellyasked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the number of men, women, and young persons registered as employed in the cotton trade in January, 1938, and the number of workpeople unemployed from the cotton trade in January, 1938?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe total number of insured persons classified as belonging to the cotton industry are ascertained for one date only in each year, namely, the beginning of July. The table below gives for the cotton industry in Great Britain the estimated numbers insured at July, 1937, and the numbers recorded as unemployed at 17th January, 1938:
Jews, Yakoub and Brunn, aged 17 and 20, were tried by a military court and sentenced on 21st January to five years' imprisonment; and what action he has taken in the matter?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreThe prisoners to whom the right hon. and gallant Member refers were charged with carrying and being in possession of firearms and ammunition, and each was sentenced by the military court to five years' imprisonment. The sentences were later reduced by the General Officer Commanding, that of Brunn to imprisonment for six months, and that of Yakoub to imprisonment for three months.
§ Colonel Wedgwoodasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many 383W Jews are now detained in prison or concentration camps in Palestine for illegal immigration and for suspected reprisals, respectively, distinguishing between men, women, and children?
Mr. Ormbsy-GoreOn 16th February there were 31 Jewish illegal immigrants under detention in Palestine, of whom 15 were men, eight women and eight children. At the same date there were 21 Jews, all of whom were men, under detention for suspected reprisals.