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Mr. Morley
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he has made arrangements to assist onshore fishermen in the north-east of England unable to work because of the current restrictions on the sale of shellfish.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard
Under normal arrangements, share fishermen who pay a special rate of class 2 (self-employed) contributions are entitled to claim unemployment benefit when they are unable to work and can demonstrate that it is impossible for catches to be sold.