§ MR. MYER (Lambeth, N.)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if, in considering any scheme for the permanent dealing with unemployment, he will obtain a census of workpeople engaged from May to October in hay making, harvesting, fruit picking, vegetable gardening, hop picking, and brick making, within a radius of 50 miles of London, or say an area of 10,000 square miles; and will he ascertain if these workers migrate during the winter months into the poorer districts of London, thereby accentuating unemployment and distress.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) I will consider the suggestion of my honourable friend, but there would be considerable difficulty in taking a census of the kind contemplated by him, and I doubt whether the information obtained would be of sufficient value to justify the expense which would be involved.