§ 49. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Prime Minister whether he has received a copy of a resolution passed by the unemployment committee of the Association of Municipal Corporations, and confirmed by the Plymouth Town Council, expressing the opinion that it is of great importance that works for the relief of unemployment should continue to be provided by the local authorities of districts in which the extent of unemployment is exceptional; and whether he will state what his attitude towards this resolution is?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe views of the Association of Municipal Corporations on this subject were placed before me by a deputation which I received on the 19th February. As I then explained to the deputation, the Government are not prepared to extend the conditions for receipt of grant as laid down in the Circular letter of the 15th December from the Unemployment Grants Committee, but I undertook that sympathetic consideration would be given to schemes prepared in response to the Circular issued by the Committee in March of last year.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAWill the right hon. Gentleman give special consideration to the Report as the population of Plymouth has been largely increased by the policy of the Government in connection with Rosyth and Pembroke.
§ The PRIME MINISTERAll these matters will be considered as far as possible on their merits.