HC Deb 17 May 1922 vol 154 c383W
Mr. SWAN

asked the Minister of Labour if men in the parish of Hamsterley Wilton-le-Wear, county Durham, have had their unemployment allowance stopped, on the grounds that they have small holdings with stock on them, and the committee at Bishop Auckland consider them not to be in need of unemployment pay on that ground; is he aware that the real employment of these men is mining, that some of these men have been off work for over 12 months, and that these men feel aggrieved by such action, as they are greatly in need of unemployed benefit; and will proper inquiry be made into these men's cases?

Dr. MACNAMARA

I am having inquiries made locally and will communicate the result to my hon. Friend.