§ 44. Mr. FALLEasked the Secretary to the Admiralty if he will make arrangements to include the 4d. proposed to be deducted from the wages of the established men in the dockyards for the purposes of the National Insurance Act in the amount already deducted from their wages for superannuation?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe contribution under the National Insurance Act and the deduction from wages on establishment are made for two seperate purposes, and the benefits under the former and the pension under the Superannuation Acts are granted independently of one another. As, generally speaking, the deduction on establishment is already insufficient to pay for the pension awarded, there is no justification for reducing it.
§ 58. Mr. FALLEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will suspend the operation of the age-limit discharge of dockyard employés until the benefits of the National Insurance Act can be received six months hence?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAI am not prepared to waive the existing age limit for the purposes indicated in the question.