§ 67. Sir J. D. REESasked what benefits a soldier enjoys under the National Insurance Act to which he was not entitled prior to the passing of that measure; and whether he has received any complaints of the deductions of insurance tax from the pay of the soldiers?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Colonel Seely)In return for his contributions under the Insurance Act the soldier is entitled to the benefit that when he leaves the Colours the State provides him with the sum necessary to secure his entrance to an approved society on the same footing as if he had been a member during the whole of his military service. During such service the maternity benefit provided by the Act accrues and the soldier continues (as before) to receive 1195 benefits corresponding to the other benefits of the Act, as part of the terms of his enlistment. No complaints from soldiers have been received in the War Office.