§ 32. Mr. STEPHENasked the Minister of Labour the number of cases heard by the court of referees It the Bridgeton Exchange, Glasgow, presided over by Mr. Doig; the number of claims disallowed by this court during the last six months to the nearest available date; 1617 and the number of cases in which leave was given to appeal to the umpire when the claimant was not statutorily entitled to appeal through his trade union?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEADBetween 1st September, 1935, and 29th February, 1936, 642 claims for unemployment benefit or unemployment allowances were considered by the court of referees sitting at the Bridgeton Employment Exchange. Of these 54 were allowed and 588 were disallowed. These figures include 20 claims allowed and 153 claims disallowed by the court at sittings which were not presided over by Mr. Doig. With regard to the last part of the question, I regret that statistics giving the information desired are not compiled.
§ Mr. STEPHENIn view of their importance to the unemployed, will the Minister see that in future these statistics are available?
§ Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEADI will take the hon. Member's suggestion into consideration.