LABOUR LEGISLATION
NEW UNEMPLOYMENT BILL
CONSERVATIVE SUPPORT
(British Official Wireless.) EUGBY, Bth July. In the House of Commons the Minister of Labour, Miss Margaret Bondfield, moved the second reading of a Bill, based on the recommendation Of the Boyal Commission on Unemployment Insurance, with regard to "anomalies" in the present administration, particularly affecting four categories—casual and short-time workers, seasonal workers, : intermittent workers, and married women. The Bill sets up an advisory committee with power to issue regulations. The Government Actuary estimated the amount involved at roughly £5,000,000. Major "W. E. EUiottr, while critical of the Bill, indicated that it would have Conservative support as being a step in the direction of the reform they desired. Special interest is attached to the debate in view of the motions for rejection tabled by six left-wing members of the Labour Party and the Mosley group respectively. The debate is proceeding.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 9, 10 July 1931, Page 7
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