§ 51. Dr. S. Jegerasked the Minister of Labour whether he will give his reasons for the banning of public performances in this country by Mr. N. Schnabel; and whether this pianist was informed before he accepted bookings that he would, in contradistinction to many other foreign artists, be restricted in the number of engagements he could undertake.
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§ Mr. Ness EdwardsThere are limitations on the number of engagements that any individual concert artist not domiciled in this country may be allowed to take. Mr. K. U. Schnabel, not to be confused with his famous father, was permitted to come to this country on three separate occasions during the first eight months of the year to fulfil 23 engagements. A further application was made for him to come to take 40 additional engagements during the period 1st October to 19th January. On 17th September his agent was informed that this number must be limited and it was arranged that 23 more should be allowed, making a total of 46 engagements within 12 months. This artist has thus been more liberally treated than any other foreign concert artist[...] In reply to the last part of the Question, agents and
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Industry Approximate numbers of insured persons in employment at July, 1948* Numbers of person, registered as unemployed at 11th October, 1948 Vacancies remaining unfilled at 27th October. 1948 Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Building 6,600 150 6,750 287 6 293 78 2 80 Civil engineering contracting 2,670 10 2,680 73 — 73 32 — 32 Shipbuilding and ship repairing 8,260 150 8,410 111 3 114 97 — 97 Marine engineering 3,950 30 3,980 43 6 49 130 — 130 Manufacture and repair of aircraft 1,740 430 2,170 92 54 146 40 1 41 Clothing 530 1,760 2,290 7 47 54 6 23 29 Bread and flour confectionery 790 500 1,290 18 4 22 1 — 1 Electricity and Gas 2,610 230 2,840 19 1 20 1 — 1 Tramway and omnibus service 2,110 200 2,310 17 6 23 1 — 1 National Government service 10,700 1,710 12,410 165 58 223 28 1 29 Local Government service 1,940 1,390 3,330 54 36 90 5 1 6 Distributive trades 7,740 5,370 13,110 109 154 263 68 30 98 Catering, Hotels, etc. 1,300 2,520 3,820 108 330 438 5 12 17 All other industries and services 12,330 8,910 21,240 1,063 455 1,518 120 81 201 Total—All industries and services 63,270 23,360 86,630 2,166 1,160 3,326 612 151 763 * These figures are based on the numbers of insurance cards issued to employed persons under the National Insurance Acts. They include a considerable number of persons who were not insured under the Unemployment Insurance Acts before 5th July, 1948, and were not, therefore, included in the figures for previous years. For the purpose of these statistics persons employed in the Royal Dockyards in shipbuilding, marine engineering, etc., are classified to their own industries. promoters are well aware that any commitments into which they may enter are subject to the necessary permission being granted.