§ 8. Mr. LEONARDasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the employment exchange at Partick, Glasgow, sent Francis Leahy, of 657, Dumbarton Road, to employment as a shipyard labourer for which the accepted remuneration in the district is 41s. per week, and that on receiving 20s. after a full week's work this man terminated his employment, for which action he has been refused benefit, also the right of appeal to the umpire by the chairman of the court of referees who alone constituted 2062 weekly expenditure of the Unemployment Assistance Board; and by what amount, if any, this exceeds the anticipated average?
Mr. STANLEYThe present expenditure on unemployment assistance allowances is at the rate of about £44,000,000 a year. This accords substantially with the anticipated expenditure, as stated in the Financial Memorandum to the Unemployment Assistance (Temporary Provisions) Act.