§ 1. Mr. DAYasked the Minister of Labour the number of claims to unemployment benefit as at the last convenient date, giving comparable figures for the same period in 1927?
§ The MINISTER of LABOUR (Miss Bondfield)At 10th November, 1930, there were 2,114,961 claimants to benefit on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain, as compared with 1,025,309 at 7th November, 1927.
§ Mr. DAYCould the right hon. Lady say whether that number includes those claims which have been disallowed?
§ Miss BONDFIELDI must ask for notice of that question.
§ Mr. HANNONIs not this enormous increase due to the policy of His Majesty's Government?