§ 102. Mr. HAYDN JONESasked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the case of Miss Elsie Price, of Penygarth, Llanbedr, County of Merioneth, a draper's assistant, aged 28 years, with 12½ years' experience, who has been deprived of unemployment benefit for declining to accept work as a domestic servant; and whether, seeing that it is not fair to offer domestic service to a person who has no experience of the work, and to withhold unemployment benefits when evidence is produced that every-effort is being made to secure employment in the trade in which the appellant is skilled, he will inquire into this case?
§ Mr. BETTERTONI am informed that the facts are generally as stated in the question. Miss Price, in accordance with the statutory machinery, appealed to the court of referees and the court, after hearing her statement, upheld the disallowance of her claim. The case is, however, being submitted to the umpire by the insurance officer for final and authoritative decision. The matter is therefore still sub judice, and I will send the hon. Member a copy of the umpire's decision.