§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what safeguards exist to ensure that workers involved in a trade or industrial dispute receive, when the dispute is settled, payments they are entitled to from his Department.
§ Mr. NewtonThe only benefit normally payable in this situation is supplementary benefit, and the onus has to be on the individual to claim any such benefit to which he may be entitled. The right to do so and the fact that the benefit is recoverable are clearly explained in leaflet SB2, which is issued to all persons who claim supplementary benefit, successfully or not, while involved in a dispute. Trade unions are, of course, generally aware of these procedures and they usually advise their members accordingly.