Major WHITEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made an agreement with representatives of industrial assurance societies to exclude death benefits from the scope of the National Insurance Bill; and, if so, if he will state the date when the agreement was made and the terms of such agreement?
Mr. McKINNON WOODMy right hon. Friend gave this pledge in a letter addressed to a correspondent on the 1st December, 1910, and published in the 1181 Press at the time. Its terms were as follows:—
The proposed benefits do not include the provision of a funeral benefit or any immediate money payment on the death of a contributor or his relatives.… The whole of this field will still be left open to existing agencies.