§ *MR. REESI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board what portion of the grant of £200,000 for the unemployed has been given to Wales, and in what counties such portion has been expended.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSThe object of the grant was to supplement the voluntary contributions account of distress committees where there appeared to be exceptional need for assistance in the winter in meeting the cost of providing or contributing to the provision of necessary work. I am happy to say that no such need appeared to exist in the districts in Wales for which distress committees have been appointed, and that no application has been made by these committees for payments out of the grant. Consequently no such payments have been made.