5. c. 1) was an act of Parliament which gave aid to the areas of Britain which had the highest unemployment rates in the 1930s.

[1] Areas which benefited included South Wales, Tyneside, Cumberland and southern Scotland; but not Lancashire.

[2] There were two unpaid commissioners, one for Scotland, one for England and Wales, given responsibility to spend £2 million via the local authorities concerned.

"The powers of the commissioners included a wide range of activities on general economic development and on social improvement in the Special Areas, but they were expressly precluded by Parliament from giving assistance to private enterprise carried on for gain".

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