§ 19. Mr. TINKERasked the Minister of Labour if her attention has been drawn to the out-of-work single man with a dependent mother and his position in respect of grant-aided schemes; and what steps she intends to take to alter the existing Regulations so that they may be 2338 placed in a different category with a better opportunity of getting work on such schemes?
§ Miss BONDFIELDSubject to industrial suitability, single men with a dependent mother already share the general preference accorded to men, married or single, with dependants, for engagement on State-aided works in relief of unemployment, but I am afraid they must come lower in the list than men with a larger number of dependants.
§ Mr. TINKERWill the right hon. Lady make that known to the Exchanges?