§ Mr. BRIDGEMANasked whether elementary school teachers, to whom the elementary school teachers Superannuation Act does not apply, may become insured persons under the National Insurance Bill?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI will refer the hon. Member to paragraph (c) of Part II. of the First Schedule. Teachers to whom the Acts referred to therein do not apply would be on the same footing as persons in any other kind of employment.
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether, in view of the fact that the Elementary School Teachers Superannuation Act of 1898 provides no benefit before the age of sixty-five except in cases of permanent breakdown, he will inform the House what arrangement he proposes to make for those teachers who would otherwise be excluded from the benefits provided by the National Insurance Bill, so that the proposals may be fully considered before the Debate on the Bill is resumed; and (2) if he will state whether teachers serving under local education authorities, which have decided to pay the teachers' salaries in respect of not more than ten days' sickness in any one year, would be admitted as insured persons under the Bill; and, if not, how he proposes to deal with their cases?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI am aware of the provisions of the Elementary School Teachers Superannuation Act, 1898, but I am not at present prepared to make any statement on this question.