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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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