§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will take action to ensure the provision of unemployment benefit for persons rendered unemployed by industrial disputes in which they are not themselves directly involved.
§ Mr. OrmeAs from 1st February 1977, a person who is unemployed because of a trade dispute in which he is not participating or directly interested will no longer have to prove that he is not financing the dispute and that he does not belong to a grade or class of workers, any of whom are participating in or financing or directly interested in the dispute, in order to establish his entitlement to unemployment benefit. This change is effected by Section 111 of the Employment Protection Act 1975, which repeals part of Section 19(1) of the Social Security Act 1975.