§ Mr. O. BALDWINasked the Minister of Labour whether, seeing that men on 920W granted from the insurance fund and from the transitional benefit fund respectively, to these people, and the present state of the transitional benefit fund?
§ Miss BONDFIELDThe following table shows the numbers of insured persons aged 16 to 64, classified as belonging to the cotton industry, recorded as unemployed in Great Britain in each month from June, 1929 to June, 1930, inclusive:
relief work at Dudley are not entitled to unemployment insurance benefit when they cease, owing to that employment not being of an insurable character, she will inquire as to whether they are paying unemployment insurance whilst on this work; and, if so, will she inform the authority concerned that such weekly payments should not be deducted from their wages?
§ Miss BONDFIELDI think there is a misunderstanding. Of a number of men who recently claimed benefit on the termination of employment on the work in question the majority had their claims allowed. In the other cases the disallowance was not imposed on the ground that this work is not insurable.