During the report stage of the Unempioyment Insurance Bill in the House of Commons to-day the Attorney-Gereral, Sir W. JoWitt, K.C., introduced a" substitute clause, which was adopted by 290 votes to 159, to. meet the objections to the original clause dealing with claimants for the dole "genuinely seck-jing work:
Phe clause has been much disputed and, as a result of the pressure on the Government by Left Wing members of the Labour] Party, the Minister of Labour, Biss Margaret Bondfield, announced la the House on December 6 a Clause IV of the Bill would be Sir Herbert asked whether the Government were prepared to secure that there should be a real, effective in the public inter-
Mx. Ben Turner, the Minister of 'Mines, answering' other questions but not replying to this, was pressed by Sir Herbert Samuel, Mr. Turner then replied that the fter would be borne in mind and said it was possible that observa-withdrawn with a view to redrafting it.
The Attorney-General, in making his announcement -to-day, said that the real difficulty was to separate: a "work-shy man" from an "honest tryer," but. suitable employment might be offered a claimant outside his usual occupation which, if r2- fused, would involve loss of benefit.
Mr. James Maxton, Labour member for the Bridgeton division of
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