HC Deb 08 February 1934 vol 285 c1276
3. Captain ERSKINE-BOLST

asked the Minister of Labour the number of claims of seasonal workers which have been admitted as fulfilling the statutory conditions in Blackpool in each of the last two years?

Sir H. BETTERTON

Statistics are not available regarding the number of seasonal workers at Blackpool whose claims have been admitted by the Insurance Officer. Of the cases referred by the Insurance Officer to the Blackpool Court of Referees under Regulation 2 of the Anomalies Regulations, 745 were allowed in 1932 and 328 in 1933. These figures may include some cases, for which separate figures are not available, which were allowed on the ground that the applicants were not seasonal workers within the meaning of the Regulation.

4. Captain ERSKINE-BOLST

asked the Minister of Labour if, in view of his undertaking to consider any hard cases affecting seasonal workers under the Unemployment Insurance (No. 3) Act, 1931, he will consider cases affecting particular types of workers in the aggregate, or whether his offer only applies to individual cases?

Sir H. BETTERTON

The Regulations can only deal with types of case and I am prepared to consider either particular types of case or individual cases as illustrating a type of case.