§ Mr. Cocksasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can make a statement regarding the present position in Cyprus?
Mr. M. MacDonaldI have nothing to add to the statement which I made in reply to questions on the 5th of July.
§ Mr. Mathersasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will issue a White Paper giving extracts from the statements in the Cyprus Press to which exception was taken on the ground that they were calculated to disturb good relations in the Colony?
Mr. M. MacDonaldThe Press articles to which I referred in my statement on 5th June were regarded principally as undesirable because they accompanied an agitation for the signing of petitions which, as I described last week, was characterised by intimidation and misrepresentation and calculated to disturb good relations in the Colony. By themselves they would not convey any impression of the situation with which the authorities had to deal, and in the circumstances I would not see any useful purpose in adopting the hon. Member's suggestion.
2270Wances by the Unemployment Assistance Board, in their yearly age groups, for the last three years?
§ Mr. E. BrownStatistics of the number of men, aged 65 and over, who are in employment at any particular date are not available.
The following table gives the available information in respect of young persons with claims admitted for unemployment benefit and unemployment assistance at a date in June of 1937, 1938 and 1939.