§ Sir W. de FRECEasked the Minister of Labour whether he has received representations urging him to restore the old practice whereby apprentices and articled pupils were not called upon to pay unemployment insurance until attaining the age of 21; and whether the Government is prepared to make such an alteration in the Regulations?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDRepresentations have from time to time been received, urging the exclusion of apprentices from the compulsory provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Acts. The Committee on Unemployment Insurance which I have appointed will, doubtless, include this matter in their consideration and, pending their Report, I cannot express any opinion about the possibility or desirability of making any change in the existing law.