§ Sir A. POWNALLasked the Minister of Labour what are the extensions in the transference scheme; what it is expected they will cost: and what are the modifications which will make the scheme more elastic?
§ Miss BONDFIELDI am not yet in a position to make a statement.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Minister of Labour what steps are taken when the work on which men transported into a district under the transference scheme to undertake is completed; and whether arrangements are immediately made to transfer them to other districts or whether they are left, in the event of them not being eligible for unemployment benefit, as a charge on the rates of the locality to which they have been transferred?
§ Miss BONDFIELDMen transferred from the depressed mining areas to work in other areas are advised to register at the Employment Exchange when their work is finished, if they have no other work in view. Steps are then immediately taken to find them other suitable employment either in the district or elsewhere.
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Minister of Labour whether any men, and, if so, what number, have been transferred from distressed areas to Devon-port and Plymouth since 31st May last; and the nature of the work on which these men have been engaged?
§ Miss BONDFIELDBetween 28th May, 1929, and 1st July, 1920, inclusive, five men from depressed areas were transferred to employment in the area of the Devonport and Plymouth Employment Exchanges. As regards the second part of the question, the information asked for could not be obtained without detailed local inquiry.