HC Deb 31 July 1912 vol 41 cc2055-6
75. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKE

asked whether a boy aged twelve suffering from tuberculosis, the son of an insured person under the National Insurance Act, can receive any benefit under the Act; and, if so, what benefit?

Mr. MASTERMAN

Under Section 17 of the Act an insurance committee is empowered to extend sanatorium benefit to the dependents of insured persons.

Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKE

Am I to understand that Section 17 empowers an insurance committee to give sanatorium benefit to the dependent of an insured person at once?

Mr. MASTERMAN

I do not know who this boy is, but the insurance committee covering the area in which the boy is living can extend the sanatorium benefit to dependents of insured persons.

Mr. RUPERT GWYNNE

Can the right hon. Gentleman name one single insurance committee which at the present time has arranged for sanatorium benefit for dependents of insured persons?

Mr. MASTERMAN

Any insurance committee could have done it, or it can do it at any time.

Captain CRAIG

Will the right hon. Gentleman ask for an extra hour for questions until this Act is better understood?

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