§ 28. Mr. BUCHANANasked the Minister of Labour if he has yet appointed a Committee to advise him on the question of juvenile unemployment in Scotland; if so, the names of the members; and, if not, when he will be in a position to do so?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe appointment of members of the Scottish Advisory Council for Juvenile Employment is proceeding, and I hope before Easter to be in a position to announce the names of the members.
§ Mr. BUCHANANCan the right hon. Gentleman inform the House what channels he has consulted as to the appointment of these persons?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDA large number of channels, and, I imagine, practically all those that are appropriate for this purpose.
§ Mr. BUCHANANIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the only persons whom he has consulted in this matter are people concerned with his own party and not with anybody else?
| NUMBER of INSURED PERSONS CLASSIFIED as belonging to the COAL MINING INDUSTRY recorded as unemployed at certain Employment Exchanges in Yorkshire. | ||||||||||
| — | 21st Nov., 1927. | 19th Dec., 1927. | 23rd Jan., 1928. | 20th Feb., 1928. | ||||||
| Wholly unemployed. | Temporarily stopped. | Wholly unemployed. | Temporarily stopped. | Wholly unemployed. | Temporarily stopped. | Wholly unemployed. | Temporarily stopped. | |||
| Doncaster | … | … | 493 | — | 342 | 498 | 428 | 854 | 646 | 2,808 |
| Wakefield | … | … | 129 | 918 | 183 | 323 | 283 | 432 | 272 | 1,060 |
| Barnsley | … | … | 1,006 | 11 | 970 | 35 | 976 | 37 | 996 | 28 |
| Rotherham | … | … | 303 | 85 | 342 | 767 | 291 | 1,254 | 322 | 1,631 |
| Pontefract | … | … | 240 | 232 | 256 | 137 | 258 | 93 | 393 | 692 |