§ 65. Mr. WHEATLEYasked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the state of destitution to which many families have been brought by prolonged unemployment, he will arrange for the allowances to the unemployed and their dependants being doubled for Christmas week?
§ Sir M. BARLOWThe rates of unemployment benefit are fixed by statute, and I fear I am unable, therefore, to increase them for Christmas week.