§ 82. Mr. S. Silvermanasked the Minister of Labour what is the present percentage of wholly unemployed and partly unemployed in Nelson and Colne; and what proportion of these are unemployed textile workers.
§ Mr. HareAt 12th March 1.9 per cent. of insured employees in Nelson and Colne were registered as wholly unemployed and 1.6 per cent. as temporarily stopped; 67.2 per cent. of the total number unemployed were last employed in the textile industry.