§ 11. Mr. GRAHAM WHITEasked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the advisability of inviting the local advisory committees of the Ministry of Labour to give special consideration to the cases of all those in their areas who have been continuously unemployed for periods of six months and longer and to make recommendations with a view to their re-employment?
§ Mr. E. BROWNAll local employment committees were asked earlier this year to consider and advise on the problem, as it affected their areas, of those who had been long unemployed and in view of the attention which they are giving to the matter, I do not think it necessary to refer the matter to them again at present. I should like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation of the valuable work on this problem in Birkenhead which has been done by the committee of which my hon. Friend is chairman.