Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy – in the House of Commons on 29th November 1933.
Lord STANLEY:
On the assumption that the hon. Member refers to His Majesty's dockyard at Portsmouth, the numbers of workpeople employed under Vote 8 were as follow:
| Week ended | Established. | Hired. |
| 21st November, 1931 | 3,298 | 7,051 |
| 18th November, 1933 | 3,054 | 7,668 |
