§ Dr. Segalasked the Minister of Labour how many unemployed have been registered in the Borough of Preston during each of the four years since 1945 at the most convenient date; and how these figures compare with the numbers of unemployed in the same area during the four years immediately following the end of the First World War.
§ Mr. IsaacsThe numbers registered as unemployed at the Preston employment exchange and youth employment bureau were as follow: November, 1945–977; November, 1946–1,428; November, 1947–753; November, 1948–790; November, 1949–687; November, 1922–6,090; November, 1923–9,199. Corresponding figures are not available for any year before 1922.