§ Mr. GARRO JONESasked the Minister of Labour whether, when applications for employés are made at Employment Exchanges, there is any principle of selection which gives priority or otherwise to those who have been unemployed for the longest time; and whether the length of time during which a person has been unemployed is taken into consideration in the Employment Exchanges as a favourable or unfavourable factor?
§ Mr. E. BROWNUnless a different method of selection is desired by an employer notifying vacancies, the practice of the Employment Exchanges is to select those applicants for employment who appear to be best qualified to meet the employer's requirements, irrespective of the length of time during which they have been unemployed.