§ Lieutenant-Colonel PICKERINGasked the Minister for Labour if he is alive to the fact that the out-of-work donation is being greatly abused, and that it is having the effect of putting a premium on unemployment; and will he consider the advisability 2571W of setting up tribunals consisting of six employers and six labour representatives in any district to decide as to who shall receive out-of-work pay?
§ Sir R. HORNESteps of the nature indicated in the question have already been taken by requiring that, before further donation is granted after the exhaustion of the initial period of thirteen weeks, the claims shall be considered by the local advisory committees of the Employment Exchanges, which consist mainly of representatives of employers and workpeople. The question of extending this procedure to other cases is under consideration.