JOBSEEKERS ALLOWANCE AND TERM-TIME ONLY WORKERS

Early day motion 219, tabled 20 December 1999 by Lawrence Cunliffe (Labour). Signed by 72 members.

That this House views with concern the refusal of the Benefits Agency to pay the jobseeker's allowance to term-time only workers, especially low paid workers in the education service, during the unpaid holiday periods; considers the money saved in the benefits system as insignificant, but crucial to many penalised individuals; and believes that the Government should urgently review this unfair and unjust anomaly as part of its anti-poverty strategy.

Signatures by party: Labour 52, Liberal Democrat 8, Labour/Co-operative 7, Plaid Cymru 2, UUP 2, UKUP 1.