Orders of the Day — Unemployment.

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 26 March 1925.

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Photo of Mr Philip Lloyd-Greame Mr Philip Lloyd-Greame , Hendon

It surely must stand to reason that the more foreign trade you can get, the more goods you can sell, the greater is going to be the prosperity of your industry, and therefore the better for the coal trade. The general sentiment has been expressed right through the Debate that the country should face the facts, and that there should be a combined effort to see things through. It can in only a very small degree be the work of the Government. It must be the work of every section of the community, working in confidence, good faith, and a desire to make good. It is hopeless to try and rely upon the Government, and say it is the Government's job. You are not entitled in this country, which has always fought its way by its own initiative, to challenge the Government because it is not doing what the individual trader, manufacturer and workman ought to do within industry. What you can call upon the Government to do is to try to create conditions for industry which will enable it to find its own work, whether at home, abroad, or in the Empire. That will be the policy of this Government; that has inspired all our activities up to now, and that will inspire our action in the future.