UNEMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN.
♦ STATEMENT BY MINISTER OP LABOUR. (B* CABLE—PaiBS ASSOCIATION—COPTTtIOHT.) (AUST2ALUB AXD M.Z. CAB LI ASSOCIATIOH.) LONDON, February 16. In the House of Commons, Sir Montague Barlow, Minister of Labour, replying to the debate oil the Address-in-Reply, said the Government was earnestly* alive to the duty of pressing on measures for alleviating unemployment. Nevertheless, the picture was not as black as it was painted. The savings of the people were increasing, as was shown by the saving banks deposits and other investments. Road development and similar works were progressing. Since November these schemes had provided work for an additional 200,000 men. Expenditure out of the Unemployment Fund for two »nd a half years totalled £120,000,000.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17692, 19 February 1923, Page 10
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