Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment. – in the House of Commons at on 12 March 1924.
Mr Thomas Shaw
, Preston
As there are usually two "calls" a day, the ordinary practice is to require dock workers claiming benefit to sign the unemployed register twice a day, once after each "call." The signing places are in the vicinity of the docks, and in a number of cases special huts have been provided for the purpose. In general, I think these arrangements ought to be maintained, but I am always ready to look into any particular cases of difficulty, and I am inquiring into the case of the tidal workers referred to by the hon. and gallant Member for Central Hull (Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy).