§ Mr. Weetchasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the current position regarding the revised draft regulations designed to introduce an additional condition for the receipt of unemployment benefit for students in the short vacations, which were submitted to the National Insurance Advisory Committee in April.
§ Mr. OrmeThe report by the National Insurance Advisory Committee on the proposed regulations was submitted to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services on 31st July. The Government are grateful to the Committee for its report and will consider it carefully before taking further action. There is now no prospect of laying the regulations concerned before Parliament in time for them to operate during the coming Christmas vacation.