§ 23. Mr. Ridsdaleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether she will make a statement on the facts that have been sent to her, whereby an employer guarantees his employees £45 a week and yet unemployment pay for these same employees can be equivalent to £42.50 a week.
§ Mr. MeacherI have written to the hon. Member asking him to let me have details of how the sum of £42.50 is made up. It seems fairly certain, however, that this sum consists by no means solely of unemployment benefit.