§ 59. Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Labour the total number of bricklayers registered at the employment exchange in Stoke-on-Trent in 1949 and on the latest date: and how many of these were engaged in housing within the city on the same dates and in 1951.
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§ Sir W. MoncktonIt is estimated, on the basis of the number of insurance cards exchanged at employment exchanges in Stoke-on-Trent, that the number of bricklayers in the area of those employment exchanges at end-May, 1951, was about 1,300. Owing to a change that was made in the method of counting insurance cards it is not possible to give a comparable figure for 1949. The number engaged on housing work is not known.
§ 60. Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Labour the names of contractors who have requested his employment exchange in Stoke to supply bricklayers, and who are paying in wages or allowances above the national average; and what form of contract the men are wanted for.
§ Sir W. MoncktonIt would be a breach of confidence to disclose information of this kind relating to particular firms.