§ MR. BROOKE (Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he can state what are the reasons why the Central (Unemployed) Body with Hackney Marshes contiguous to the East End of London, have not long ago proposed a scheme or schemes for its reclamation, etc., which would have provided work for a large number of the unemployed during this winter of acute distress.
§ (Answered by Mr. John Burns.) The subject has not been lost sight of by the Central (Unemployed) Body. There are about 160 men now employed at Hackney Marshes whose wages are defrayed by the Central Body and a further scheme of work in connection therewith is now under their consideration.