§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Minister of Labour whether Employment Exchanges are prohibited from submitting, as suitable candidates for employment, the names of any persons other than those upon their own registers?
§ Mr. E. BrownThe Employment Ex changes cannot submit a person as a suit able candidate for employment without having the particulars of his experience 639W and qualifications which are obtained on registration. I should point out that it is open to anyone desiring employment to register at an Employment Exchange without charge. Registration is not in any way confined to insured workers nor is there any discrimination against insured workers in submissions for employment.
§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider providing suitable introduction to prospective employers of persons other than those registered as unemployed insurable workers?
§ Mr. E. BrownI would refer the hon. Member to my reply to his oral question to-day on another aspect of this matter.
§ Mr. Mainwaringasked the Minister of Labour whether persons invited through the Exchanges to take up work at the Government factories, Bridgend, who are put off after working one or two days, figure in the records of unemployment there after as becoming newly unemployed?
§ Mr. E. BrownNo, Sir. The general rule is that a short spell of temporary employment not lasting more than three days is not taken into account in computing periods of unemployment for the purpose of the statistics compiled by my Department.