§ 10. Mr. George Hallasked the Minister of Labour whether he can now make a statement on the question of taking part of the allotment made by a man serving in His Majesty's Forces for a dependant into account by the Unemployment Assistance Board in determining the parents' allowance?
§ Mr. E. BrownI am informed by the Board that the first 7s. of an allotment 384 made by a serving soldier to a parent will be ignored in assessing the parent's allowance.
§ Mr. HallWill the right hon. Gentleman consider the question of relieving the allotment altogether irrespective of the amount, as there is no reason why the allotment should be taken into consideration, seeing that it is an allotment out of the man's pay?
§ Mr. Charles BrownMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman how he thinks an unemployed man can make a regular income out of an allotment?