§ MR. HAROLD COX (Preston)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board what is the total sum estimated to be expended by the central unemployed body on the reclamation works at Fambridge; and whether he has been able to form any rough estimate, by personal inspection or otherwise, of what will be the value of the land reclaimed.
§ MR. CROOKS (Woolwich)Will the right hon. Gentleman at the same time say if work of this character is not better for the unemployed than stone breaking?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. JOHN BURNS, Battersea)I do not think I am called upon to express an opinion on that point. The total sum estimated to be expended is £17,950. I understand that so far as can be ascertained up to the present time, the value of the reclaimed land will be about £5 an acre.