§ 49. Mr. D. Jonesasked the Minister of Labour how many people are currently employed in the cotton textile industry in the United Kingdom; and how this number compares with the number of those so employed on the same date in 1961.
§ Mr. HareIn December, 1961, 226,000 persons were employed in Great Britain in the spinning, doubling and weaving of cotton, flax and man-made fibres, compared with 241,100 in December, 1960. Corresponding figures for the United Kingdom as a whole are not available.