– in the House of Commons at on 16 April 1929.
Mr William Kelly
, Rochdale
asked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women registered as insured under the Unemployment Insurance Act in July, 1913, 1914, and 1928, and March, 1929, and the trades and industries covered by each of these periods?
Sir Henry Betterton
, Rushcliffe
As the reply is somewhat long and includes a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
employed wholly or mainly by way of manual labour in the following Indus- tries: Building; construction of works; shipbuilding; engineering and iron-founding; construction of vehicles; and saw-milling. Since 1920 the scheme has applied to practically every industry except agriculture and private domestic service and has included certain classes of non-manual workers as well as those employed by way of manual labour. A list of the industries at present covered is published each month in the Ministry of Labour Gazette.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
