§ Mr. Adam Butlerasked the Secretary of State for Employment when he intends to publish the report on unemployment statistics by an interdepartmental working party; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Maurice MacmillanThe Report on Unemployment Statistics by an Inter-Departmental Working Party is being published today as a White Paper (Cmnd. 5157). The Report contains a review of the unemployment statistics and their presentation. It makes proposals which have been accepted by the Government and which will be incorporated in the Press notice to be issued on Thursday when the provisional unemployment figures for November are published.