§ Mr. GILLISasked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at the Employment Exchange at Chapeltown, near Sheffield, numbers of men and women are kept waiting in the street for long periods before being able to receive attention; whether ample room exists at this Exchange to accommodate these people under cover; and whether he will have inquiries made into the matter with a view of this accommodation being used, and so prevent them having to wait in the streets in the present inclement weather?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI understand that queues have occasionally formed outside the Branch Employment Office at Chapeltown, but this has been more especially the case before 9 a.m.—that is to say, before the office is opened to the public. Arrangements have now been made for a timing system to be put in operation which, if adhered to by the applicants, will render queues unnecessary.