HC Deb 29 March 1971 vol 814 c285W
Dr. Summerskill

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many textile workers are registered as unemployed in Halifax.

Mr. Dudley Smith

In the area covered by the Halifax Employment Exchange there were at 8th March, 381 people registered as unemployed who last worked in the textiles industries. The figure, which is provisional, includes 128 who were temporarily stopped.