§ MR. SCHWANN (Manchester, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, in forming branches in the Provinces of the Labour Department, which he is understood to be engaged in, he will consent to give his earnest consideration to the claims of labour in Manchester arid the manufacturing district of which it is the centre (containing about 7,000,000 of people within a radius of 50 miles of that city), and will consent to establish a branch there as fully and completely equipped as the one which he is said to intend to establish in Glasgow?
§ MR. MUNDELLAThe scheme for local correspondents is under consideration, but is not yet ready. The importance of Manchester will undoubtedly be duly recognised.