§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will withdraw the regulations which require that unemployment benefit shall be refused to any applicant who has accepted redundancy as part of a national industrial arrangement.
§ Mr. NewtonI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
196Wit is important for us to keep in touch with the major operators in this field. Consequently, Ministers and officials have frequent contacts with American Medical International and other large private health care companies to discuss matters of mutual interest.