UNEMPLOYED IN BRITAIN.
REPORT OF COMMISSION. HEAVY BURDEN OF RELIEF. TREASURY FINDS £85,620,000. By Telegrarh—Presu Association—Copyright. British Wir.sless. RUGBY. Juno 11. The Parliamentary Labour Party held a special meeting to-day to consider the first repori; of tho Royal Commission on unemployment benefit. The Prime Minister, Mr. Mac Donald, and the Secretary of Stato for Foreign Affairs, Mr. A. Henderson, bo h made statements. Several questions were answered and tho meetii g expressed confidence in the way in which th« Government was dealing with the matter. In Parliament this afternoon tho Prime Minister answered in tho negative the question i,'bother it proposed to call a three-party conference for tho further consideration of the whole question of unemployment insurance, now that the interim report had been published. The Minister of Labour, Miss Bondfield, answering a question, said (lie amount oi Treasury advances to the unemployment insurance fund to dato was £85,620,0C0, leaving an unexhausted balance of borrowing powers of £4,380,000. That was likely to be exhausted early in July, and further provision would be necessary before that time.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20898, 13 June 1931, Page 9
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176UNEMPLOYED IN BRITAIN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20898, 13 June 1931, Page 9
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