The Middlesex County Council have agreed to carry out the con- struction of the following arterial roads in the districts named, i.e., North Circular Road, in Edmonton and Willesden; New Cambridge Road in Tottenham, Edmonton, and Enfield. In accordance with the terms of the Government's offer, 50 per cent. of the cost will be contributed by the Government and the other 50 per cent. by the Middlesex County Council. It is expected that work will begin in Edmonton and Willesden to-day and that in the other districts there will be an almost equally rapid start. As the work is being undertaken by the County Council with the help of the local authorities, the rate of progress rests with them. I know of no obstacles to prevent a rapid absorption of unemployed men.