§ 29. Mr. C. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Labour the total outgoings from the Unemployment Insurance Fund during the years 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Mr. Lawson)As the reply contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSAs there are only five figures, may we not have them now?
§ Mr. LAWSONThe names of the—
§ Mr. WILLIAMSThat is not my question.
§ Mr. SPEAKERWe have already passed on to the next question.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSOn a point of Order. The hon. Member said that with my permission he would circulate these figures and I said I would like the figures now. There are only five figures, and there is plenty of time.
§ Mr. SPEAKERBy the time the hon. Member had put that point we had passed on to the next question.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The total payments out of the Unemployment Fund during the last five calendar years were as follow:—
| £ | ||||
| 1926 | … | … | … | 55,830,000 |
| 1927 | … | … | … | 42,978,000 |
| 1928 | … | … | … | 50,779,000 |
| 1929 | … | … | … | 51,173,000 |
| 1930 | … | … | … | 86,606,000 |