§ Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Labour what discussions he has had with the President of the Board of Trade with reference to the subsidy for reorganisation in the cotton industry; and what estimate he has prepared as to the probable effect of these proposals on employment in the cotton textile industry.
NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN LINCOLN AND LINCOLNSHIRE RESPECTIVELY AT 14TH APRIL, 1958, AND 13TH APRIL, 1959 Date Lincoln Rest of Lincolnshire Wholly Unemployed Temporarily Stopped Wholly Unemployed Temporarily Stopped 14th April, 1958 … … … … 720 136 4,480 131 13th April, 1959 … … … … 696 524 5,158 399 The "temporarily stopped" are persons working short-time or otherwise temporarily suspended who were not at work on the Monday to which the figures relate and who were registered at employment exchanges and youth employment offices. Precise figures of the number working short-time are not available.