§ Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the four urban districts of Aspull, Blackrod, Hindley, and Westhoughton, covering a population of about 50,000, with an unemployment rate in some parts of about 70 per cent., are suffering from the industrial depression as much as those parts of South Wales, Durham, and Cumberland which are scheduled as distressed areas; and will he take steps to extend the same financial provisions to these townships as are now covering those other areas that have been scheduled?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe unemployment percentages at 23rd March, 1936, at Hindley and Westhoughton, the only two of the four areas mentioned for which separate figures are available, were 36.0 and 29.8 respectively. As regards the latter part of the question, there is nothing which I can add to the reply which I gave to the hon. Member on 12th December.