HC Deb 02 June 1931 vol 253 c16
21. Sir KINGSLEY WOOD

asked the Lord Privy Seal if he has any further proposals to make to Parliament with a view to mitigating unemployment?

The LORD PRIVY SEAL (Mr. Johnston)

I cannot at the moment add anything to the statements made on a number of recent occasions in this House in which the measures taken and contemplated by the Government have been fully indicated.

Sir K. WOOD

Cannot the right hon. Gentleman answer the question on the Paper—I am not sure that I heard him—as to whether he has any further proposals to make to Parliament with a view to mitigating unemployment?

Mr. JOHNSTON

I said that I cannot at the moment add anything to the statements already made.

Viscountess ASTOR

Would the right hon. Gentleman bear in mind that 81,000 women are unemployed in Lancashire, and the other day the Minister of Labour opened a training centre for 40 women. Is that all the Government means to do?

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