§ 4. Mr. T. GRIFFITHSasked the Minister of Labour whether she will consider taking steps to extend the period of time from six weeks to 12 before a person classified as temporarily unemployed is transferred to the wholly unemployed register?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThis classification is adopted for statistical purposes and has no effect on the worker's claim to benefit. If its basis were altered, as suggested, the continuity of future statistics with those collected during the past five years would be destroyed. Such a change ought not therefore to be made without some good reason, and at present I know of none.