53. Mr. TYSON WILSONasked if the President of the Board of Trade is aware that the standard code for registration in 1203 use in Labour Exchanges, as set out in D.C.C. 99, is objected to by workmen who register; and whether, in view of the fact that it is impossible for the clerk at the counter to correctly fill in the particulars required, he will either modify the circular or withdraw it?
Mr. ROBERTSONI understand my hon. Friend's question to refer to a list of abbreviations which was devised for the purpose of assisting the memories of registration clerks in dealing with applicants. On the whole I do not think that there are any sufficient grounds for discontinuing the system, which I understand has proved convenient to clerks; while it is also in the interest of workmen as a means of preventing them being sent on fruitless journeys to vacancies for which they might prove unsuitable.
Mr. TYSON WILSONIs not a workman asked a great many questions—whether he is clean or unclean, whether he is able to do his work, whether he is strong or weak, whether his eyesight is good or bad, besides others?