§ Mr. Pooleasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of agricultural labourers unemployed in the county of Staffordshire at the last convenient date?
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§ Mr. E. Brown,pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 2nd March, 1939; col. 1460, Vol. 344), supplied the following statement:
At 13th February, 1939, 626 males, aged 14–64, insured under the agricultural scheme of unemployment insurance, were recorded as unemployed at Employment Exchanges in Staffordshire.