§ Mr. BOOTHasked (1) whether, in setting up the Labour Exchanges, the Government considered them essential to their sickness and invalidity insurance scheme as well as the unemployment insurance scheme; (2) whether the suitability of the sites, the appointments of the premises, and the selection of the staff of the Labour Exchanges have been decided with due regard to their use in a State insurance scheme; and (3) whether any condition of previous insurance experience has been specified in any branch appointments to Labour Exchanges?
Mr. BUXTONI will answer those three questions together. In the selection of Labour Exchange buildings and other arrangements the possibility of the introduction of a scheme of unemployment insurance has not been lost sight of; but many of the existing premises are only temporary. Experience of insurance has not been made an essential condition of Labour Exchange appointments. Labour Exchanges are more directly concerned with unemployment than with sickness and invalidity insurance.