§ Mr. RAPERasked the Minister of Labour whether men who are started in training for the London General Omnibus Company forfeit all unemployment benefit although only receiving 2s. per day from the above company?
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§ Mr. WARDLEThe workmen to whom, my hon. and gallant Friend refers are not. entitled to unemployment benefit. The Umpire, with whom the final decision of such questions rests, has held in previous similar cases that workmen who have entered into a contract of service with an. employer under which a preliminary period of training is required are not unemployed, and therefore fail to satisfy an essential condition for the receipt of benefit.