§ Mr. ROBERT HARCOURTasked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to suggestions made in the Report of the Poor Law Commission, and its endorsement in Ministerial declarations, that it is desirable to use the ordinary demands of public departments for works and services 824 with a view to minimising unemployment fluctuations and regularising the demand as between the different seasons of the year, and as between the good and bad years of a trade cycle, he will appoint an inter-departmental committee to devise a systematic and coordinated policy whose report should be presented to Parliament?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI will consider, in concert with the various Departments concerned, how far the suggestion of my hon. Friend can be usefully adopted.