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THE UNEMPLOY-
MENT SITUATION.
(Previous
Reference: Cabinet 28 (27), Con- clusion 8.)
10. The Cabinet had before them a Memorandum by
the Minister of Labour (Paper C.P.-188 (28))
bringing to the notice of the Cabinet the unsatis-
factory trend of unemployment figures in the last
few weeks, and pointing out that the general
effect of these figures, which are largely
influenced by the distribution of the coal, cotton
and iron and steel industries, is that the districts
with a relatively low percentage of unemployment
are little worse or (in the case of London) are
actually better; while the districts with heavy
unemployment, and particularly Wales and the
Northern Counties of England, have become defi-
nitely worse.
In order to give further time for its
discussion, the question was adjourned until the
next Meeting of the Cabinet.
2. Whitehall Gardens, S.W.1,
June 22, 1928.
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