§ 42. Mr. BARRasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any reductions in local rates have taken place in the parishes within the county of Lanark as a result of the operations of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1930; and, if so, what are the estimated amounts of reduction and the particular areas affected?
Mr. W. ADAMSONAs I informed my hon. Friend the Member for Hamilton, in answer to a similar question on the 20th instant, I regret that the information asked for is not available. I am, however, arranging to send my hon. Friend figures showing the numbers of able-bodied poor chargeable in the areas covered by his question before the Unemployment Insurance Act came into operation and corresponding figures for a date subsequent to the commencement of the Act, for purposes of comparison.