§ 73. Mr. GODFREY LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Secretary to the Treasury what is being done to secure the due payment of benefits to those who, though aliens, were on 4th May, 1911, members of societies which have become approved and who had then been resident in the United Kingdom for five years; whether such a person may easily be deprived of his rights through not knowing the special provisions of Clause 45 of the National Insurance Act; and whether he will take steps to see that societies and aliens are informed of their true position in the matter?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe handbook to the Administration of Sickness and Maternity Benefits, which has been supplied to all approved societies, directs their special attention to the fact that the aliens referred to in the first part of the question should be given the same benefits as British subjects. In addition, a special circular to the same effect has been issued to societies, offering to supply forms to facilitate declarations by alien insured persons as to membership and residence.