A regulation such as that referred to is at present unavoidable owing to the non-availability of the records necessary for applying the rules as they previously were. I should point out that the number of cases in which the period of benefit is increased by this regulation is almost certainly greater than that in which it is reduced and that no claimant can begin to be prejudiced by it till 180 days, or 30 weeks, have elapsed since the beginning of last September, or the date of his claim whichever is the later. I should add that the possibility of restoring the previous rules in whole or in part will continue to receive consideration.