§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Minister of Labour if any, and, if so, how many, miners in Glamorganshire have been or are being paid unemployment money; and, if so, under what Act or Regulation this is being done?
§ Sir M. BARLOWThe number of persons in the coal mining industry in Glamorganshire drawing benefit under the Unemployment Insurance Acts on the 10th June was 21,166. These persons had lost employment prior to the dispute and the umpire, with whom the authoritative decision rests, held in test cases submitted to him that the rule laid down in Section 8 (1) of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, which disqualifies from benefit contributors who have lost employment by reason of a stoppage of work due to a trade dispute, did not apply.