§ Mr. ADAMSONasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the insurance cards of the workmen employed at the Caledonian Railway depot, Edinburgh, are kept at Glasgow; that the employé;s are subject to one day's notice to terminate their employment, and that sometimes a period of a week elapses before a discharged workman can obtain his insurance card; and whether, in view of 1934W the difficulty of a man obtaining employment without production of his card, he will make representations to the company concerned with a view to the cards being retained at the Edinburgh depot in order that a discharged workman may receive his card without delay?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe Scottish Commissioners have communicated with the railway company, and understand that the health insurance cards of their Edinburgh employés are, as stated, kept at Glasgow. Although the company are not aware of any case in which a period of a week has elapsed before a discharged workman has obtained his card, they recognise that certain inconvenience may be caused in the case of men liable to dismissal at any time. The Commission are still in communication with the company, who are considering whether some arrangements for the local stamping of cards in such cases are practicable.