§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Minister of Labour whether dockyardmen, not established, who have served in His Majesty's Dockyard, Bermuda, and who have become redundant there, are eligible for unemployment benefit on returning to this country without having to complete another qualifying period?
§ Miss BONDFIELDIf 30 contributions have been paid during the last two years the dockyardmen would be eligible for benefit under the normal conditions. If eight contributions have been paid in the last two years or 30 at any time, the transitional conditions would apply, and it would have to be decided by the statutory authorities in each case whether the claimant is normally employed in insurable employment.
§ Major POLEasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in the county of Derby who were refused unemployment benefit on the grounds of not genuinely seeking work for the six months ended 31st December, 1928, and for the six months ended 31st December, 1929?
§ Miss BONDFIELDDuring the six months ended 13th January, 1930, 671 applications for benefit made at Employment Exchanges in Derbyshire were disallowed by insurance officers on the ground "Not genuinely seeking work," and 185 cases were recommended for disallowance on the same ground by Courts of Referees on review after payment of 78 days' benefit. The corresponding figures for the six months ended 14th January, 1929, were 1,329 disallowances by insurance officers and 312 by Courts of Referees.