Captain HENDERSONasked the Minister of Labour if she will give in round figures the number of persons on the unemployed list in the Liverpool area for the week ended 10th May, 1930, and for the comparable week of 1929?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAt 12th May, 1930, there were 72,518 persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in the Liverpool area, including those at Liverpool, Garston, Bootle and Walton. The corresponding figure at 13th May, 1929, was 55,144.
§ Mr. HALL-CAINEasked the Minister of Labour if a site for the new unemployment Exchange in the north end of Liverpool has yet been acquired?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe purchase of a site for the new Employment Exchange at Liverpool (Walton) has not yet been formally completed, but the negotiations are proceeding satisfactorily.