§ Sir W. SUGDENasked the Minister of Labour if he will consider some method of adapting his Regulations to permit of half-day employment in such cases of absolute stoppage which may now obtain and which might be bridged if suitable adaptation of the Regulations could be at once instituted?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe Unemployment Insurance Acts do not, generally speaking, permit payment of benefit for days on which a claimant is employed for half a day. The matter is not one that could be dealt with by regulations. Fresh legislation would be required.