§ SIR J. CARMICHAELI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is prepared to take steps to enable Local Authorities in England and Wales to institute Registers of the unemployed, either in connection with the offices of the Registrars of Births Deaths, and Marriages, or otherwise?
MR. H. H. FOLWERThe Local Government Board have no power to enable Local Authorities in England and Wales to institute Registers of the unemployed. So far as the Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages are concerned, their duties are limited to the execution of the Acts under which they are appointed, and they are paid for the discharge of these duties by foes. There is no provision under which they could be paid for keeping Registers of the unemployed, and, apart from this, I learn from the Registrar General that in his opinion the task of keeping such a Register is not one which could generally be undertaken by these officers.