asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of steel, steel-sheet, and tin-plate works closed in the past 10 years and the number of persons thus rendered unemployed in the counties of Glamorgan, Carmarthen, and Brecknock, respectively?

I regret that I am unable to furnish the precise information desired. The reports received in connection with the Surveys of Industrial Development, which began only in 1932, show that one such establishment was closed in Carmarthenshire during 1933 and that three have been closed in Glamorganshire during the first half of this year. It is estimated that these closures have involved the displacement of some 600 to 700 workpeople. The following table shows the numbers unemployed in the districts and industries concerned in 1928, 1932 and 1938.