§ Mr. Lawasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that trawler sharemen are not insurable under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, and that, in existing circumstances, these men are suffering severe hardship, and in some cases destitution, as a result of this omission; and will he put these facts before the Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee with a view to a remedy for these hardships being found?
§ Mr. E. BrownShare fishermen in trawlers are insurable against unemployment only if they are employed under a contract of service and are not wholly remunerated by a share in the profits or the gross earnings of the working of the vessel. The Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee have already examined the position at my request, and I am sending the hon. Member a copy of their report.