HC Deb 22 May 1911 vol 26 c34
Mr. BARNES

asked if by Section 3 of Clause 4 of the National Insurance Bill it is contemplated that an unemployed person may pay only the employé contribution, or that he should pay the whole amount that would fall to be paid in respect to him by employer and employed if he were employed?

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE

An employed contributor wishing to pay contributions during a period of unemployment in order to avoid falling into arrear would have to pay the whole amount that if he were employed would fall to be paid in respect of him by his employer and himself.