HC Deb 07 December 1926 vol 200 cc1926-7W
Mr. LAWSON

asked the Minister of Labour whether miners who are not immediately restarted at a mine when agreements are arrived at will at once be recognised for unemployment benefit?

Mr. BETTERTON

Miners who are not re-engaged will cease to be disqualified for benefit under the trade dispute provision when the stoppage of work due to the dispute at the colliery at which they were employed has ended. The precise date of the ending of the stoppage, and the question whether the other conditions for benefit are fulfilled, are matters for determination by the statutory authorities in the light of the actual circumstances of each particular case.