MacDonald, said that the Goverument had examined the report of special commissioners who had Vestigated conditions In distressed reas where unemployment was rite, 'The Investigators had reached cer~ tain conclusions and, in view of the Importance of the subject, the Government proposed to allot a day for {generat discussion on. it after pug Ieation of the commissioners' repor Mr, George Lansbury, leader the Opposition, who made his. fir rance inthe House after absence of ten months due to illness, staged a typical "comesback™ by: e-questing a debate on the private arms tref.
Mr. MacDonald delighted im by iving his immediate consent, "The President of the Board Trade, Mr. Walter Runciman, nounced that, on September various ship-owners had submitted a scheme to the Government with view to satis(ying their conditions for granting a subsidy for tramp! shipping.
Legislation would be necessary, said, to bring the scheme into oper tion, and communications on. the subject had been sent to the Domi tions, to India and tow certain foreign government.
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