§ Mr. BUCHANANasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, if the new Exchange building in Glasgow has yet been started; the likely time it will take to build; and the probable cost?
§ Sir V. HENDERSONAs to the first part of the question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply to his question of the 12th November last. It is hoped that the building will be completed in about two to three years' time. The total cost of the building, which will house other Government Departments, will be about £47,000, of which about half may be allocated to the Employment Exchange.
778Wfrom 2nd December to 29th December, 1928, were £29,352 and £19,509. The following table shows the numbers of able-bodied persons in receipt of outdoor relief in the two parishes at 15th November and 15th December,1928: