§ Vice-Admiral TAYLORasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the number of Arabs unemployed in Palestine; whether he is aware that Jewish firms that employ Arabs have recently been picketed by Jews to prevent the employment of Arab labour; and will he consider the strict limitation of further Jewish immigration while the problem of Arab unemployment exists?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe latest return available shows that the number of Arabs unemployed at the end of April was 14,000. There have been instances of picketing of the kind mentioned in the question, and legislation was enacted last month with a view to its prevention. The last part of the question is, I think, based on a misapprehension. Arab unemployment is taken into account in the determination of the half-yearly quotas of labour immigrants in accordance with the principles laid down in the Prime Minister's letter to Dr. Weizmann of 13th February, 1931, which was published in the OFFICIAL REPORT of the same date.