Mr Robert Taylor: Did the right hon. Gentleman say that the nationals of all countries have agreed to fulfil their contracts entered into in sterling?
Mr Robert Taylor: Will the right hon. Gentleman bring these figures more up to date, and give the first eight months of this year?
Mr Robert Taylor: Are there any offsets against these economies; is there any increase in the obligations of the Government which will come into the Budget?
Mr Robert Taylor: 36. asked the Minister of Labour whether any fresh instructions or regulations have yet been issued to the Employment Exchanges in connection with the administration of unemployment insurance benefit under the National Economy Bill?
Mr Robert Taylor: Are the regulations under the Economy Bill completed, and, if not, will they be issued during the Recess?
Mr Robert Taylor: Will it be in order for the regulations to be put into operation without the consent of the House?
Mr Robert Taylor: You can do anything you like?
Mr Robert Taylor: 37. asked the Minister of Labour whether in determining the reference of claims for transitional benefit, under the National Economy Bill, to the Poor Law authorities, the test will be whether or not 26 weeks' benefit has been paid in the individual benefit year?
Mr Robert Taylor: Will not this system of selecting the individual benefit year operate very unfairly?
Mr Robert Taylor: Will the hon. Gentleman look into this point; it is very important because it will operate very unfairly against different classes of claimants?
Mr Robert Taylor: Can the hon. Gentleman assure us that these interviews will take place at the Employment Exchanges or premises which are not normally used by the Poor Law authorities?
Mr Robert Taylor: Is the Minister aware that many Poor Law authorities have had to take special premises to deal with unemployed persons seeking relief under the Poor Law? Do I understand that his answer applies only to Poor Law institutions; and will the men be sent to the same premises when they are not Poor Law institutions as ordinary applicants?
Mr Robert Taylor: Have any of these gas detectors been tried at Churt?
Mr Robert Taylor: Is it a fact that Sir John Simon has staked a claim for this purpose?
Mr Robert Taylor: Is that not a gross reflection on men who were defending their wives and children?
Mr Robert Taylor: I wish to ask if we can have a reply to the question standing in the name of the hen. Member for Kettering (Mr. Perry), as it has some bearing on one of the Bills which will be under discussion later.
Mr Robert Taylor: Am I to understand that "exploiting the present financial situation" means the situation which has arisen since we went off the Gold Standard? If we return to the Gold Standard and exploitation takes place, will it be possible to deal with that situation under this Bill?
Mr Robert Taylor: I feel that my hon. Friend has raised a point of very great importance, and I think we should have from the President of the Board of Trade a legal interpretation of the word "exploit." I do not know whether this term has, in fact, ever been determined in the courts, but we are fortunate enough to have the hon. and learned Gentleman the Member for Smith Nottingham (Mr. Knight) here. With his...
Mr Robert Taylor: I beg to move, in page 1, line 18, to leave out paragraph (a). One of the main reasons why I put this Amendment forward is that in the Second Reading Debate the President of the Board of Trade was extremely nebulous with regard to the powers which were to be exercised by the persons referred to in this Sub-section. Before the Committee assents to the principle involved in this paragraph, we...
Mr Robert Taylor: Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether the powers in this Bill give the State the power to purchase in bulk and to import in bulk?
