§ 6. Mr. Dayasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as unemployed at the last convenient date; the number of persons who were directly or indirectly employed at that date on any schemes initiated by the present Government; and what further proposals he intends making with a view further to mitigate unemployment?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe number of persons registered as unemployed, including temporarily stopped and casual workers, on 15th March was 1,601,201. As regards the second and third parts of the question, the policy of the Government has been to promote the general revival of industry; the effectiveness of this policy is evidenced 505 by the fact that since September, 1931, the number of unemployed has fallen by 1,223,571 and the number of insured persons in employment has increased by 1,904,000.
§ Mr. BrownThat is an entirely separate matter, and if the hon. Gentleman will put his question down, I will endeavour to give him the information he wants.