§ MR. BROOKE (Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, seeing that the distress in the East End of London is likely to be severe this winter, he is considering some scheme of work, e.g., the reclamation of Hackney Marshes, on which numbers of the genuine unemployed of the East End may be permanently employed during the worst months of this winter.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSIt is for the Central (Unemployed) Body to consider what scheme of work they will propose for the purpose of providing useful work for the unemployed during the winter. I understand that, although 988 there is no formal application before the Central Body with regard to the particular scheme mentioned in the Question, some inquiry has been made with respect to it.