Mr. W. A. JENKINSasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that numbers of men are receiving from the Employment Exchanges Form U.I. 503, which means that unemployment insurance benefit for these men will cease on the ground that it does not appear that sufficient effort has been made to obtain work; and, inasmuch as many of these men are genuinely seeking work but cannot obtain the same, will he issue special instructions that the greatest possible care shall be taken to avoid penalising such workmen and to obviate their being obliged to fall back upon the guardians for relief, thus adding to the already heavy burden of local rates?
§ Major BOYD-CARPENTERIn determining whether an applicant is genuinely seeking work we rely on the recommendations made by local committees after personally interviewing the applicants. These committees have great experience of the treatment of applications for bene-1562W fit, and we have every confidence that their recommendations are made only after full and careful consideration of all the facts.