§ 62. Mr. GOLDSMITHasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether a professional player employed for six months in the year by a cricket club at a weekly wage of £3, who in addition receives the proceeds of a benefit match amounting to £20, will be exempt from compulsory insurance under Part I. of the National Insurance Act?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe professional cricketer in this case must be regarded as in receipt of remuneration at a rate exceeding £160 a year, and the question whether he is exempt from compulsory insurance depends on whether he is to be regarded as employed otherwise than by way of manual labour. Three test cases as to manual labour will shortly come before the High Court, and it is hoped that the judgments, when given, will afford assistance to the Commissioners in determining questions as to whether such an employment is by way of manual labour.