§ Mr. BUCHANANasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that seasonal workers who are refused benefit under the Anomalies Act have almost all got the stamp qualification for benefit and when refused have, in many cases, no resources of their own; and if he will make provision in the forthcoming legislation to allow them to benefit and so prevent them becoming a charge on the Poor Law?
§ Sir H. BETTERTON:I am afraid I cannot adopt this suggestion, which would amount to the repeal of the Anomalies Act in respect of these workers.
§ Mr. BUCHANANasked the Minister of Labour if he has recently made any administrative changes in the working of the Anomalies Act; if so, the nature of the same; what requests he has received from any members of the advisory committee under the above Act for any changes to be made; when he received any such request; and the nature of the same?
§ Sir H. BETTERTON:The answer to the first part of the question is in the 567W negative. It is not the function of the advisory committee to make requests such as those referred to in the question, and I have in fact received no such requests from it.