HC Deb 11 April 1933 vol 276 cc2380-1W
Mr. H. WILLIAMS

asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider instituting an inquiry in a number of selected areas into the ratio between the number of persons per 1,000 of the population in receipt of poor relief and the percentage of insured persons registered as unemployed, with a view to determining the cause of the wide range of divergence?

Sir H. YOUNG

I am not at present clear that any useful purpose would be served by such a special inquiry as is proposed by my hon. Friend.