Includes correspondence from: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland [Minister of Labour]; Cuthbert James MP; Edward Wood [later Lord Irwin and Lord Halifax, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries]; Sir Alfred Watson [Government Actuary]; and minutes from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance] and James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer].Subjects include: details of the new scheme for unemployment insurance and pensions, including levels of contribution by individuals, industry and the state, its effect on the farming community, and predicted costs.