§ 81. Mr. P. Browneasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will amend the National Insurance (Seasonal Workers) Regulations, 1950, to enable seasonal workers to draw unemployment benefit even if they cannot find the necessary qualifying employment during part of the off-season.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterNo. It is a long standing provision of unemployment insurance that additional conditions should apply to the receipt of unemployment benefit by seasonal workers during that part of the year when they do not normally work. The present conditions, including that in relation to employment in the off-season to which my hon. Friend refers, are those recommended by the National Insurance Advisory Committee who have fully reviewed the question of unemployment benefit for seasonal workers on two occasions.