HC Deb 24 December 1929 vol 233 cc2119-20W
Duchess of ATHOLL

asked the Lord Privy Seal if, in sanctioning schemes for the relief of unemployment in Scotland, he will make it a condition of grant that employment shall be limited to persons who have been born in the United Kingdom or who have resided therein for not less than three years?

Mr. THOMAS

I do not consider it would be practicable to make this a condition of grant, but it is open to local authorities to lay down conditions with regard to the classes of unemployed men whom they are prepared to receive from the Employment Exchanges for relief works.