HC Deb 16 April 1931 vol 251 cc329-30
48. Sir K. WOOD

asked the Prime Minister whether he has recently received any advice which he can make available to the House from the Economic Advisory Council on the subject of unemployment?

The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald)

I would refer the right hon. Gentleman to the reply which I gave him in answer to a similar question on 3rd February last.

Number of persons resident in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green on the Registers of Employment Exchanges.
Date. Men. Women. Juveniles. Total.
13th February, 1928 … … … 2,043 369 79 2,491
12th March, 1928 … … … 1,989 289 42 2,320
16th April, 1928 … … … 1,976 278 69 2,323
11th February, 1929 … … … 2,479 402 98 2,979
11th March, 1929 … … … 2,525 362 60 2,947
15th April, 1929 … … … 2,308 324 72 2,704
17th February, 1930 … … … 2,749 569 71 3,389
17th March, 1930 … … … 3,130 536 69 3,735
14th April, 1930 … … … 3,060 561 53 3,674
16th February, 1931 … … … 5,282 1,343 237 6,862
16th March, 1931 … … … 5,196 1,502 183 6,881
Figures for 13th April, 1931, are not yet available.
Sir K. WOOD

Does not the right hon. Gentleman think that, as there is now a definite reference to the advice of the Economic Council, their report should be available to the House?

The PRIME MINISTER

I am not going on the principle that one wrong necessitates another.

Sir K. WOOD

As long as the right hon. Gentleman says his colleague did a wrong, I am content.