§ Mr. NAYLORasked the Prime Minister whether he has received resolutions from the Association of Municipal Corporations urging the Government to undertake comprehensive national schemes for works of public utility in which skilled as well as unskilled abour will be appropriately employed, such works to be financed nation ally, and to be administered in local areas or groups of local areas by the local authorities for such areas under such general control by the Government as may be found desirable, and to invite conferences of local authorities for the purpose of considering schemes for relief works suitable for being carried out within or adjacent to the districts of such authorities or being of national importance, and to give all possible assistance 440W to the carrying out of such schemes; and, if so, what 6teps he proposes to take in the matter?
§ Mr. BETTERTONI have been asked to reply. The attention of the Government has been called to the resolutions passed on the 22nd July by the Association of Municipal Corporations re-affirming identical resolutions passed on the 9th July last year. The hon. Member is no doubt aware that the Unemployment Grants Committee have issued a circular inviting local authorities either singly or jointly with other authorities to submit schemes which could be put in hand with financial assistance from the Government. It is not clear what other practicable proposals the resolutions contemplate.