Oral Answers to Questions — Newfoundland.

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 29 March 1939.

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Photo of Mr Thomas Inskip Mr Thomas Inskip , Fareham

No, Sir, that is not quite accurate. The amount spent by the Government upon the relief of unemployed persons varies according to whether the persons are in the towns or in the country. This is due to the cost of living, but these payments by the Government, which are called the "dole," are to supplement other resources to which the people in the country in particular have access—the natural resources of the country, such as fish and other commodities—but the cost of providing the dole for persons in St. John's is three times as much as the figure which the right hon. Gentleman suggests.