asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he can state in respect of the manufacturing section of the sugar confectionery trade (a) the number of persons employed prior to the increase, imposed in May last, in the customs duty on sugar confectionery, and (b) the number of persons at present employed.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Employment in Sugar-Confectionery Industry.
A return showing the number of persons employed at the dates of the imposition of tariffs and at various dates subsequently including September, 1932, is in course of preparation and will be laid on the Table of the House at an early date.