§ Mr. Palmerasked the Minister of Labour if, in view of the lack of available statistics concerning the numbers and categories of non-manual and professional workers, he will make arrangements for 16W the publication of periodical figures showing the classified totals of such workers, under the headings used by the Appointments Department of his Ministry.
§ Mr. IsaacsStatistics of the numbers of employed persons analysed by occupations are not collected, and I do not feel justified in undertaking the large amount of extra work which would be necessary to obtain such information.