§ Mr. ROSEasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the last published annual Report of the State un- 606W employment insurance scheme relates only to the year ending 31st March, 1913; and whether a Report for the live years ending 31st March last will be issued at an early date?
§ Mr. G. ROBERTSThe last published Report Dc. 6965, on the administration of Part II. of the National Insurance Act, 1911 (Unemployment Insurance), deal with the year ending July, 1913. A further Report would, in the ordinary course, have been issued in the latter part of 1914, but its preparation was suspended owing to the outbreak of the War, and the great pressure of work on the staff of the Department has so far allowed no opportunity for putting it in hand again. The hon. Member will, I am sure, appreciate that the preparation of the Report which he desires must give way to the urgent work falling on the Department in connection with demobilisation, but I am considering whether it may not be possible to issue a brief Report giving the most important of the facts and figures.