§ 62. Mr. CHORLTONasked the Minister of Labour whether he can give the comparative annual cost per individual in different countries of those engaged on public works; and what special steps are taken in any country to prevent such a cost becoming uneconomically high?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Mr. R. S. Hudson)As regards the first part of the question, my hon. Friend will find some information in a report on "Public Works Policy" recently published by the International Labour Office, and in a report on "National Public Works," issued by the League of Nations in 1934. As regards the point raised in the second part of the question, to which only brief references are made in these reports, I regret that I am not in possession of information which would enable me to supplement the particulars given.
§ Mr. CHORLTONCould not my hon. Friend have a resume… made of these returns in a tabular and condensed form to make them readily available.
§ Mr. HUDSONI am afraid the figures are so lumped together that I could not extract the information for which the hon. Gentleman asks.