§ Mr. D. J. Williamsasked the Minister of Labour what industries are short of labour in Wales; and what are their estimated labour requirements at present.
§ Mr. IsaacsAt 11th June, 1947, the latest date for which information is available, the following were the industries in Wales for which the numbers of unfilled vacancies notified to local offices exceeded 250, separately for males and females and including juveniles:
Males. Building and Decorating 2,430 Coal Mining 2,237 Slate Quarrying and Mining 1,234 Public Works Contracting 757 Steel Melting and Iron Puddling, Iron and Steel Rolling and Forging 412 Distributive Trades 362 Tinplate 343 Railway Service 311 Farming, Stock Rearing and Forestry 303 Brick Tile and Pipe Making 292 Motor Vehicles, Cycles and Aircraft 277 General Engineering, Engineer's Iron and Steel Founding 276 Stone Quarrying and Mining 252 Females. Hotel, Public House, Restaurant, Boarding House, Club, etc., Service 1,192 Private Domestic Service 684 Distributive Trades 676 Electric Cable, Apparatus, Lamps, etc. 528