§ 45. Mr. FREEMANasked the Prime Minister whether he has had under consideration the proposal of Mr. Albert Thomas, director of the International Labour Office of the League of Nations, to hold a special world conference to deal with the problem of unemployment; and what action, if any, he intends to take in the matter?
§ The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)I understand that suggestions to this effect were mentioned by the director in the course of a speech surveying the work of the office, but so far as I am aware no specific proposal on the subject has been made by him.
§ Mr. FREEMANWill the Prime Minister consider the desirability of himself taking action along these lines and calling such a world conference?
§ The PRIME MINISTERAt the moment I cannot see any really effective result from it. That is according to my present information.
§ Captain CROOKSHANKWould it not be more to the point if the Prime Minister did something about unemployment in this country first?