§ SIR ANDREW TORRANCE (Glasgow, Central)I beg to ask the Prime Minister if he will consider the 1732 position of Glasgow in its present condition of distress through the thousands who are out of employment; if he is aware that Glasgow citizens have contributed over £12,000 by voluntary subscriptions; that a deputation of Glasgow Members waited recently on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of the Local Government Board, and the Secretary for Scotland, urging that certain sums should be advanced to the Glasgow distress committee to enable them to continue their present work for the unemployed; and that the Lord Provost of Glasgow attended at Edinburgh with a deputation to the Loral Government Board (Scotland), and from that Board received a promise that help would be forthcoming, but that up to now no communication has been received to that effect.
§ MR. SINCLAIRI am requested by the Prime Minister to reply to this Question. I am fully aware of the condition as to unemployment which has prevailed in Glasgow. Any assurance of help that has been given has been conditional upon money being made available by Parliament during the current financial year. The Supplementary Estimates recently laid before the House contain a Vote for this purpose.