Mr. WORTHINGTON-EVANSasked whether it is intended to include outworkers in the wholesale clothing trade as employed contributors in the National Insurance Bill, and where outworkers are 1020 working for as many as three or four different firms at the same time whether it is intended that the employer who gives out work first in the week shall pay the employer's contribution; and how the amount of wages and the scale of contributions are to be ascertained?
Mr. ILLI NGWORTHThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The case of employment by several employers can be dealt with by regulations under paragraph 4 of the Third Schedule,