§ 52. Mr. BUCHANANasked the Minister of Labour, with regard to the request he has received from the Cardiff Corporation asking that about 2,000 736 permanent employés should be allowed to contract out of unemployment insurance, if he has sanctioned the request; and what amount the Insurance Fund will lose if the request is granted?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of LABOUR (Mr. R. S. Hudson)I presume the hon. Member is referring to the power of the Minister under paragraph (d) of Part II of the First Schedule to the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, in certain circumstances to issue a certificate of exception from unemployment insurance. My right hon. Friend has received no application from Cardiff Corporation for any such certificate beyond that which they already hold. In the circumstances the second part of the question does not arise.