§ 26. Mr. LUNNasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons receiving allowance from Unemployment Assistance Board?
Mr. STANLEYThese allowances will begin on Mr. LUNN asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons receiving allowance from the Unemployment Assistance Board?
Mr. STANLEYThese allowances will begin on the first appointed day which it is proposed should be the 7th January next.
§ Mr. LUNNSeeing that the unemployment figure is still more than 2,000,000, 16 have the Government any proposals whatever in order to find work for the unemployed?
Mr. STANLEYI think if the hon. Member will study the decrease in unemployment and the increase in employment since the time he sat upon these benches, he will be able to test the measure of the Government's success.
§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESWill the right hon. Gentleman give the statistics of the increasing number of persons on relief?
§ 29. Mr. H. WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Labour whether he can arrange to include in the monthly statistics of unemployment supplied to the Press a table showing the unemployment in the five main groups, namely: manufacturing, mining and quarrying, building and contracting, transport, and services?
Mr. STANLEYI regret that it would not be possible to include these additional statistics without delaying the issue of the statement to the Press. As my hon. Friend knows, comprehensive statistics for 102 industry groups are regularly published each month in the Ministry of Labour Gazette.