Mr. WORTHINGTON-EVANSasked whether institutions mainly supported by charity, established for the purpose of maintaining homes for the feeble-minded, in which feeble-minded persons are employed in house work and manual labour such as basket making, boot making, and carpentry, will be required to pay contributions for such employés under the National Insurance Bill; and, if not, by what clause in the Bill will they be exempt?
Mr. McKINNON WOODAs the Bill stands, the liability of such persons to compulsory insurance will depend on whether they are under a contract of service or apprenticeship. As my right hon. Friend has already stated to the House, he is considering whether it is desirable and practicable to amend the Bill in regard to its application to institutions employing persons on a charitable basis, but I am not prepared to make an announcement on the subject at the present time.
§ Mr. LANE-FOXDoes the same thing apply to institutions for the training of the blind and the deaf and dumb, and will the right hon. Gentleman see that those cases are also attended to?