§ MR. R. BALFOUR (Lanarkshire, Partick)To ask the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the serious distress existing in Glasgow and neighbourhood owing to the depressed condition of the shipbuilding and other trades; and what steps the Government are taking, or propose to take, in co-operating with or otherwise assisting the local distress committees.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) I am desired by the Prime Minister to reply to this Question. The Government have 1702 fully in view the condition of affairs referred to by my hon. friend, and in the event of the Supplementary Estimate now before the House being voted the claims of Glasgow will be fully considered.