25 JANUARY 1930, Page 3

The Lords and Unemployment Insurance On Wednesday both Houses of

Parliament were occupied with unemployment. The Lords, by rejecting Clause 4 of the Unemployment Insurance Bill, made what Lord Salisbury described as " a gesture of dis- satisfaction " with the Government's policy on the " genuinely seeking work " issue. They also passed a motion limiting the operation of the Bill to one year. In this mutilated form the Bill will come up for the Report Stage after we have gone to press.