HC Deb 17 July 1930 vol 241 cc1472-3W
Mr. MANSFIELD

asked the Minister of Transport if he will approach the North Riding County Council and the local authorities in the Cleveland district with a view to assisting them to put into operation immediately certain schemes of work, such as the improvement of the Kilton Valley Road, for the purpose of providing employment for the miners and other persons who are now unemployed in Cleveland as a result of many of the mines closing down?

Mr. HERBERT MORRISON

I do not, think I can do better than refer my hon. Friend to the circular letters which were issued on the 3rd July by the Ministry of Health and by my Department to all local authorities, setting out the revised terms and conditions of assistance which the Government have recently decided to make available in respect of approved road works and other works of public utility. I am sending copies of these circulars to my hon. Friend.