§ 80. Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) why unemployment pay is not being paid to workers at the Glynwed Fastenings Limited, Darlaston, although these men have been laid off by their employers;
(2) if he will institute an inquiry into the circumstances in which workers at Glynwed Fastenings Limited have been refused unemployment pay by officials of his Department.
§ Mr. DeanI understand that as a result of a strike by shift workers at this firm, day workers were laid off. Although some of the latter qualified for the payment of unemployment benefit, the independent adjudicating authorities who decide all claims, held others to be disqualified for unemployment benefit under Section 22(1) of the National Insurance Act, 1965. Further information has, however, recently been obtained about this very complicated dispute and I will write to the right hon. Gentleman as soon as I know whether this will enable further claims to succeed.