§ 70. Mr. OLIVER LOCKER-LAMPSONasked how much money would be required to remit ½d. and 1d. respectively from the 4d. paid under the National Insurance Act by agricultural labourers earning from 15s. to £1 a week?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe estimated number of persons engaged in agriculture and becoming employed contributors is approximately 950,000, but it is impossible to form an estimate as to the reduction which should be made from this number for those who earn less than 15s. or more than £1 per week, for those who are engaged for only part of the year in agricultural employment, for those whose contributions will be reduced under Section 47; and as regards Ireland, for those who will claim certificates of exemption under Section 81, Sub-section (3) of the Act. No trustworthy estimate could therefore be made of the kind required by the hon. Member.