HC Deb 20 December 1989 vol 164 cc301-2W
Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will consider restoring the special status of share fishermen in respect of their entitlement to unemployment benefit during regular non-working periods.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

Conditions of entitlement to unemployment benefit have always been the same for share fishermen as for all other claimants except insofar as share fishermen have certain additional conditions to satisfy. We have not altered this position. However, we will be monitoring the effect of the recent earnings rule changes on all claimants.