HC Deb 05 April 1939 vol 345 c2789
77. Mr. T. Smith

asked the Minister of Labour the number of cases in which winter allowance has been stopped in the district covered by the Pontefract area office?

Mr. E. Brown

I am informed by the Board that the only cases in which winter allowances have so far been stopped are those in which there has been some material alteration in the applicant's circumstances. I regret that information regarding the number of such cases is not available.

Mr. Smith

Does not the right hon. Gentleman agree that there has been undue haste in stopping these allowances, and is he aware that, for large numbers of the unemployed, it is always winter?

Mr. Brown

That is not so. These are cases in which there has been some material alteration in the circumstances of the applicants.

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