§ 59. Lord HENRY CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the general principle of the prevention of unemployment, through the regulation of the demand for labour by a better distribution of Government and municipal orders over a period of years, and within single years, has received repeated recognition by Royal Commissions, the Treasury, the Local Government Board, and by Parliament in the Development Act, he will appoint immediately an interdepartmental Committee to work out a scheme for the application of this principle as full as possible in every branch of Government and other public work, in order to mitigate the effects of the next industrial depression, and incidentally reduce the amount of public expenditure required for unemployment insurance?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI will communicate with the Departments principally concerned and ascertain their views as to the utility of such a Committee as is suggested.