§ 23. Sir W. de FRECEasked the Minister of Labour whether the Unemployment Grants Committee, in assisting any relief work schemes of which they may approve, will deal with and decide all applications according to priority of receipt: whether they will at least ensure that necessitous areas are not overlooked; and whether some balance will be retained as long as possible to deal with cases of emergency which may present themselves in the coming winter, even at a late date?
§ The MINISTER of HEALTH (Sir Alfred Mond)The method of dealing with applications is necessarily one to be decided by the Committee, but I am quite sure that they will see that the moneys placed at their disposal are distributed to the best advantage that the circumstances permit.