HC Deb 05 August 1912 vol 41 cc2664-5
29. Sir PHILIP MAGNUS

asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether, with a view to informing the public more fully as to some of the complicated details of the National Insurance Act, he will arrange to publish the Questions addressed to him and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject, together with the Answers thereto?

Mr. MASTERMAN

In view of the many requests that have reached me during the past few days, I am arranging for the Questions and Answers on the Insurance Act to be separately printed.

Mr. BOOTH

May I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he will delete the fairly large number of simple and useless questions which have been asked?

Mr. MASTERMAN

I am not sure whether there is any precedent for printing questions and answers on any subject and selecting from them. I think I shall have to publish them altogether or not publish them at all.

Mr. RONALD M'NEILL

Will the right hon. Gentleman commence by deleting the question of the hon. Member for Pontefract?

Mr. MASTERMAN

The questions of the hon. Member for Pontefract are always very much to the point.