Mr. J. R. ROBINSONasked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he will state the number of disallowances of claims under the seasonal workers orders from the end of the season at the Blackpool and Lytham St. Anne's Employment Exchanges, as compared with the same period last year;
(2) whether he will state the number of seasonal workers' claims admitted at Blackpool and Lytham St. Anne's Exchanges under the recent amending regulations since the end of the official summer season and which would have been refused if those amendments were not now in force?
§ Mr. E. BROWN807 claims have been disallowed under the Seasonal Workers Order at the Blackpool, Lytham and St. Anne's Employment Exchanges, since the end of the summer season this year as compared with 1,656 claims disallowed, under the previous regulation during the corresponding period of 1934. No record is kept of the number of claims now allowed which would have been disallowed at earlier periods.
Mr. J. R. ROBINSONasked the Minister of Labour whether it is intended in drafting the new unemployment insurance legislation to give special consideration to the position of seasonal workers?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee in its report on unemployment insurance for agriculture make special recommendations with regard to seasonal workers, and these will be borne in mind in framing legislation.