§ Mr. BUTCHERasked whether, as regards those persons who at the time when the National Insurance Bill comes into operation are engaged in any of the 514 excepted employments specified in Part II. of the First Schedule to the Bill and therein headed (b), (d), (e), (f), and (g), but at a subsequent date cease to be engaged in such excepted employments and become engaged in any of the employments specified in Part I. of the First Schedule, such persons will be entitled to become and bound to become insured persons under the Act upon payment of the contributions prescribed by Clause 4 and Schedule II. of the Bill; and, if so, whether the reduced rates of sickness benefit and maternity benefit to be fixed for such persons by the Insurance Commissioners under Clause 9 (4) of the Bill will be calculated on the basis of the age at which such persons respectively become employed contributors, or on some other and what basis?
Mr. McKINNON WOODA person in the position described will be compulsorily insured and his age at entry will be taken into account in fixing his reduced rates of benefit.