Major HENDERSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, when the National Insurance Bill becomes operative, the 9d. per diem will be deducted from a soldier's pay while in hospital, in view of the fact that he will be at that time a contributor to the insurance fund?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe reduced contributions payable by and in respect of a soldier while in service are needed to provide for the benefits due to him as an insured person after leaving the service. In any case the position of a soldier as a contributor would not of itself justify his being treated more favourably in the matter of pay during sickness than a civilian insured in the ordinary way through an approved society.