§ MR. THORNE (West Ham, S.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will give the names of the twenty-two towns in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales that have made applications and been refused a grant out of the £200,000; and whether he will state the number of men who have registered their names as being out of employment in the same towns.
§ MR JOHN BURNSI will send my hon. friend the names of the twenty-two distress committees to which I referred in my answer to his Question on Friday last, and I will add particulars as to the number of applicants for assistance who were registered up to 1st February.†