Oral Answers to Questions. – in the House of Commons on 7th March 1940.
Mr Alfred Denville
, Newcastle upon Tyne Central
asked the Minister of Labour the figures of the able-bodied men signing on at the Employment Exchange in Newcastle-on-Tyne?
Mr Ernest Brown
, Leith
At 12th February, 1940, there were 10,404 unemployed men aged 18 and over on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Mr Alfred Denville
, Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Can anything be done to reduce the number?
Mr Ernest Brown
, Leith
It is constantly being done, and if my hon. Friend will look at the recent figures, he will see that that is so.
Mr David Kirkwood
, Dumbarton District of Burghs
Is it not time that the Minister and those who are associated with him tackled this question of unemployment seriously, and abolished it?
