HC Deb 15 May 1930 vol 238 c2066W
Major ELLIOT

asked the Minister of Labour the numbers registered as unemployed at the Minerva Street Employment Exchange and the Bothwell Street Employment Exchange in January, 1929, and January, 1930, and May, 1929, and May, 1930, nearest comparable dates, respectively; and the trades and categories of the various persons so registered at these respective dates?

Miss BONDFIELD

The following table shows the numbers of persons on the registers of the Finnieston and Glasgow Central Employment Exchanges, respectively, in January and April, 1929 and 1930:

by long periods of unemployment, are now outside the scope of the Unemployment Insurance Acts?

Miss BONDFIELD

I would remind my hon. Friend that the existing Unemployment Insurance Acts cover all unemployed persons normally insurable who have paid eight unemployment insurance contributions in the past two years or a total of 30 contributions at any time. The provisions of the Acts in respect of persons with less than 30 contributions in the past two years are temporary, but further proposals with regard to them will be made to Parliament before those provisions expire.