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Dock Workers.

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 12 March 1924.

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Photo of Mr Thomas Groves Mr Thomas Groves , West Ham Stratford

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asked the Minister of Labour whether he will be prepared to consider the alteration of the Clause in the Unemployment Insurance Act which requires dock labourers to register twice per day at the Employment Exchange to prove unemployment on any one day?

Clause

A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.

Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.

During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.

When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.

Minister

Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.