HC Deb 10 July 1930 vol 241 cc589-90
3. Mr. McSHANE

asked the Minister of Labour whether she is prepared to institute an inquiry into the present operation of the not normally in insurable occupation condition of the Unemployment Insurance Act?

Miss BONDFIELD

I am keeping a careful watch on the position, but as the new Act has been in force for less than three months a special inquiry into its working would be premature.

Mr. McSHANE

Is the right hon. Lady aware that there is a considerable volume of opinion not merely on these benches, but elsewhere, that chairmen of courts of referees are flouting the expressed wish of this House in relation to not genuinely seeking work?

Mr. BECKETT

Is the right hon. Lady aware that it is a very common thing to find papers which were last year marked "not genuinely seeking work" are now marked "not normally in an insurable occupation," and does she not think flat that matter calls for inquiry?

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