BRITISH POLITICS

Evening Star, Issue 19789, 13 February 1928, Page 4

BRITISH POLITICS

GOVERNMENT’S UNEMPLOYMENT POLICY REPLY TO LABOR ATTACKS (British Official News.) (Toss Association —By Wireless—Copyright JUJGBY, February 11. During the debate in the House of Commons on the Labor amendment regretting that there was no mention made in the King’s Speech of measures designed to grapple '-ith the pressing urgency of unemployment, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, replying to Labor attacks on the Government’s record in this matter, said that the policy advocated by the Opposition was a policy of nationalisation, accompanied by a large relief scheme._ Without doubt the more nationalisation they bad the more relief they would have, because in competitive industries to-day the very qualities which were necess ry for success were just those qualities they could never get in State enterprise. The Government policy w-s to try to help the nation to remunerative trade, and thus promote employment. There was no greater field overseas than the development of Empire markets, and the whole policy of the Government was to give Imperial preference wherever it could consistently with its fiscal position. He mentioned the safeguarding measure of the Government as having assisted homo industries. The motor car industry, for instance, had been helped forward, and this provided more work. Every measure of the Government had helped employment. “ I say without hesitation,” said Sir Philip, “ whether we are challenged in this House or by the country, by experience and by proof we will stand on our (policy as against yours.”