§ Mr. LOVAT-FRASERasked the Lord Privy Seal if he is aware that the rural district council of Walsall have submitted certain schemes for the promotion of employment; that two at least of these were submitted 12 months ago but have not yet been authorised by the Unemployment Grants Committee; and the reason of this delay?
Mr. THOMASFormal applications for grant have been received by the Unemployment Grants Committee from the rural district council of Walsall, in respect of five schemes of work designed to relieve unemployment. It is true that one of these schemes was submitted in the Spring of 1929, but consideration of this scheme was deferred at the express request of the council, who desired that other schemes in preparation by them should be investigated at one and the same public inquiry. This inquiry has now been completed and the schemes investigated are being further considered by the Committee.