§ Mr. Rileyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the approximate number of unemployed persons in Jamaica; whether there is any complete registration of the unemployed in the island; and, if not, will he urge upon the Jamaican Government the advisability of instituting a regular system of registration of the unemployed as well as a general census of the population?
§ Mr. Sorensenasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will state the estimated number of unemployed at the present time in the Bahamas, Bermuda, Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad; the estimated number of partially unemployed for the same areas; and the percentage of the total number of workers that these unemployed and partially unemployed represent?
Mr. M. MacDonaldNo comprehensive system of unemployment registration is2404W yet in force in the Colonies mentioned, and I am therefore unable to give the figures asked for. The compilation of statistics relating to labour will be one of the duties of the new labour departments which have been or are being established in most of these Colonies.