§ 15. Sir HARRY BRITTAINasked the Minister of Labour whether he has any information which will enable a comparison to be made of the incidence of unemployment in this country, in the United States of America, in Germany, and in France; if so, what the figures are for each of these countries; and what indication, if any, he can give of the main reasons for any considerable differences?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe latest statistics relating to unemployment in this country, Germany and France are published regularly in the monthly issues of the "Ministry of Labour Gazette." I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of the current issue, in which the available figures are given on page 147. No statistics of unemployment are officially compiled for the United States of America. As regards the last part of the question, I would refer my hon. Friend to the Reports of the Committee on Industry and Trade (particularly their "Survey of Overseas Markets" and their "Final Report"), and to the Reports issued by the Department of Overseas Trade on "Economic and Financial Conditions in Germany to June, 1928," and on "Economic Conditions in France in 1928."