Statistics, Glasgow.

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 8 February 1940.

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Photo of Mr Ernest Brown Mr Ernest Brown , Leith

Further to that point of Order. May I say that I was not informed that this matter was to be raised, but I remember the two Questions very well. One referred to the latest available figures of unemployment. It is unfortunate for the hon. Member and me that his Question appeared on the Order Paper on the 31st January, one day before last week's Question was to be asked, and that the latest available figures did not become available for the whole country until this Tuesday morning. I have also to get the figures in respect of Glasgow from my statistical department, which is in another part of the country than London and they are now on the way to the hon. Member. With regard to the second Question, hon. Members will see if they look at the OFFICIAL REPORT that the figures asked for are not normally available. They have to be specially extracted since I remember very well that in the Supplementary Questions the hon. Member asked for additional information about postponement on compassionate grounds. I am having the details specially extracted and I will see that the hon. Member gets them at the earliest possible moment.

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