§ MR. BROOKE (Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he has been asked to sanction any schemes of work for the unemployed of the Metropolitan Borough of poplar, suggested, to the Central (Unemployed) Body by the Poplar Borough Council and, if not, whether he can state what are the reasons which have prevented the Central (Unemployed) Body from forwarding any such schemes for his consideration.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSI understand that three schemes were submitted by the Poplar Borough Council to the Central Unemployed Body. Two were for works of street paying and repair, and the third was for the widening of East India Dock Road, which it was proposed should be undertaken by the London County Council. The two former schemes, subject to a comparatively slight modification, have been submitted to me by the Central Body and are under consideration. With reference to the third, the Central Body informed the Borough Council that they were of opinion that they should receive any application for a contribution in respect of it from the London County Council, who were evidently the responsible authority.