§ 28. Mr. MALONEasked the Minister of Labour if she will call for and publish a return of the capital sums to be expended during the year ending 31st March, 1931, in respect of works put in hand by local authorities under Part II of the Development (Loans, Guarantees and Grants) Act, 1929, for which the Exchequer obligations have been officially stated to be £22,200,000?
§ Miss BONDFIELDI am afraid that a return, which in any event would have to relate to a past period, might be misleading as an index of work actually performed during the year. Local authorities are already required to supply monthly returns showing the numbers directly employed on the site of works. These particulars provide a more accurate index of work performed than the return asked for by my hon. Friend, and I do not think I should be justified in putting local authorities to the trouble and expense of extracting the additional information.