§ 3. Mr. McGOVERNasked the Minister of Labour if he Can state the total number of omnibus drivers, painters, lamplighters and domestic servants that have been disallowed benefit under the Anomalies Act?
§ The MINISTER of LABOUR (Sir Henry Betterton)I regret that statistics giving the information desired are not available.
§ Mr. McGOVERNIs there no method of getting the numbers of persons in separate trades who have been disallowed benefit? Surely they are recorded?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONNo, Sir; that is the difficulty; they are not recorded. What are recorded are the numbers in the three different categories set out in 470 the Anomalies Act, that is to say, short-timers, seasonal workers, and intermittent workers. They are classified in that way, and that is the only classification.
§ Sir PERCY HARRISIs it not the case that domestic servants do not come under the Act?
§ Sir H. BETTERTONOrdinary domestic servants do not, but sometimes a question arises as to whether a particular individual comes under the description of a domestic servant or not.