§ MR. ARCHIBALD GROVE (West Ham, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, whether he is yet in a position to state how soon he will be able to lay upon the Table the Report of the Committee on Distress for Want of Employment?
§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Mr. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN,) Stirling BurghsI have had no opportunity of ascertaining the view of my colleagues on the Committee, and can only speak for myself. The subject referred to us is a large and complicated one, and the Committee would not, in my opinion, be doing its duty if it offered advice to the House without adequate information as to the facts and as to the principal remedies that have been proposed. We are, therefore, busily engaged 799 in obtaining such information from the most promising sources. But I trust that this necessary process will not occupy more than a few weeks longer, and that the Committee will then be able to come to its conclusions on the points before it, and to submit a Report. We are most anxious, on every ground, to avoid unnecessary delay.