Mr. Norman Smithasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many cases, involving permission or otherwise to hosiery finishers to sign back, have been referred to appeals tribunals by Basford Employment Exchange since Christmas, 1954; and how this figure compares with the normal average of such cases.
§ Mr. MarplesThe answer to the first part of the Question is two test cases covering 109 hosiery finishers. I regret that information which would be needed to answer the second part of the Question is not available.