BRITAIN'S DOLE.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18551, 28 November 1925, Page 18

BRITAIN'S DOLE.

UNEMPLOYED, / PROBLEM.

lIOTION OF CENSURE FAILS. & CASUS—SXBSB ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) UUAS AHD K.Z. CABLB ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, November 26. h the House of Commons Mr Tom (Shaw, in the absence of Mr J. R. jClyne*, who was 111, submitted a censure motion expressing regret at the Ministry's continued failure to deal adequately with unemployment and purging that discrimination was being shown in the payment of relief. Mr Shaw complained that the unemployed figures were understated, and said that' at present there were at feast 1,250,000 idle. He taunted Mr Churchill with saying that his Budget was a cornucopia overflowing with good things, bat the workers did not get enough from it to bait a mouse-trap. Mr Shaw declared that the position of the workless was rapidly growing worse. Mr Lloyd George said that many people were of the opinion that trade recovery next year would absorb most of the unemployed. If this expectation were right it would he a mistake to embark on great relief schemes. If recovery were slow it would be desirable to bring out schemes to save the country from the peril of continued idleness of thousands of young men. - A Mare's Nest. Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister for Labour, replying, said that he had never seen a bigger mare's-nest produced by a number of most excellent intentioned persons. It was the mem- • here of the Opposition, whose generosity ran away with their heads, who would make it a thinly-camouflaged system of poor relief. There was unquestionably a distinct improvement in trade and the. foreign outlook was brighter. It was futile to condemn the Ministry for.an evil which was|worldwide. He said that the better outlook of industries, coupled with good crops abroad, should help shipping. The new Safeguarding of Industries Act should also assist. Captain W. Brass urged extensive credits for migration to the Dominions. Mr Ramsay Mac Donald deprecated the harmful impression abroad arising from the false description of the dole. The Ministry had not seriously tackled the twin problems of trade and unemployment. The motion was rejected by 322 votes to 133. ■