§ 35. Mr. PILCHERasked the Minister of Labour what is the present attitude of the Central Unemployment Committee in regard to the demand for a grant for the proposed Redruth-Illogan drainage scheme; and whether, in its decision, the Committee will be guided by the fact that in the Mid and West Cornwall district over 3,000 men are now unemployed and unemployment benefit payments exceed 24,000 a week?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDI am informed that the Unemployment Grants Committee have been unable to approve the scheme mentioned which was to cost £127,000 and to last two years. The Committee in reaching this decision had all the facts before them, including information as to the volume of unemployment in the Redruth district.