§ 20. Sir H. BRITTAINasked the Minister of Labour the latest up-to-date figures of unemployment in this country, and how they compare with those (..f three months ago?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDAt 14th June, 1926, the number of persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain, exclusive of persons in coal mining industry who ceased work on account of the dispute, was 1,629,900, as compared with 1,070,843 at 15th March, 1926.
§ 21. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Labour whether he proposes to take any special measures to meet the present abnormal increase in unemployment; and, if so, what these measures are?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe present growth of unemployment is due to the coal dispute. Until that dispute is ended no improvement can be expected, and no special measures would have any valuable result.
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYI did not ask the cause of the unemployment. Is it not the duty of the right hon. Gentleman to try to remedy it, and are there no measures in contemplation?