§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the resources at the disposal of the Central (Unemployed) Committee in London have become practically exhausted before they have been able to deal with more than a certain number of the cases of the genuine unemployed; and that, unless further funds are forthcoming, they will be unable to keep in employment for the full term the men already at work under their auspices; and what steps he proposes to take in order that sufficient funds may be placed at the disposal of the Central Committee with a view to tide over the present period of distress, and the interval which must necessarily elapse before the proposed statutory Central Committees can be brought into existence.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr.WALTER LONG,) Bristol, S.Representations on behalf of the Central Committee have been made to me with respect to this matter, and I am giving the subject careful consideration. I cannot say more at the present moment.