HC Deb 08 November 1911 vol 30 cc1632-3
Mr. GOLDSMITH

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his attention has been called to the case of Inspectors of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who receive sickness and disablement allowances in excess of those given by the National Insurance Bill in addition to superannuation; whether he would consider the desirability of extending the exemption from compulsory insurance granted to municipal employés under Schedule I., Part II., (b), to this and other similar cases?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

My right hon. Friend cannot promise to go further in this direction than is indicated in the Amendment to Schedule I., Part II., that he has put on the Paper.

Mr. GOLDSMITH

Would not it be possible to leave these cases to the discretion of the Commissioners?

Mr. McKINNON WOOD

I am afraid that I cannot go further than in the answer which I have already given.