§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether wives of British Service personnel serving in West Germany are eligible for unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. OrmeBritish unemployment benefit is not normally payable outside the United Kingdom. EEC regulations, however, enable persons who are in receipt of unemployment benefit in this country to continue receiving it for a limited period if they go to seek work in West Germany. The regulations also enable those who have become insured under the German scheme since their last arrival in that country to count rele886W vant British contributions towards qualification for German unemployment benefit. In these respects, the wives of British Service personnel are subject to the same conditions as other British nationals in Germany.