§ 59. Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the number of persons who have availed themselves of Section 1, Sub-section (3), of the National Insurance Act and become voluntary contributors?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe total number of insured persons who are voluntary contributors is not available until all the cards have been received from the societies and have better scheduled classification by the Commission.
§ Sir A. GRIFFITH-BOSCAWENCan the right hon. Gentleman give some approximate idea as to how many out of the 12,000,000 are voluntary contributors'? Can he say whether the number is large or small?
§ Mr. MASTERMANI am afraid I have no information. If the hon. Gentleman will put down a question asking for an approximate answer, I will try to find out.