§ Major Bruceasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state, by trades, the number of building trades operatives now employed in the city of Portsmouth and the number of those unemployed.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe exact number of such workers now in employment is not known, but the table below shows the number of unemployment books exchanged at July, 1946, at Portsmouth Employment Exchange and Juvenile Employment Bureau by insured persons in the building industry, and the number of such persons regis-274W tered as unemployed at 16th September, 1946.
Numbers of unemployment books exchanged, July, 1946. Numbers registered as unemployed at 16th September, 1946. Men aged 16 and under 65: Carpenters, Joiners 690 14 Bricklayers 412 2 Masons 12 — Slaters, Tilers (Roof) 76 — Plasterers 157 — Painters, Decorators, etc. 815 3 Plumbers, Glaziers 254 4 Labourers 2,221 72 All other occupations 351 35 Boys aged 14 and 15 340 3 Women and Girls 124 — Total 5,452 133