§ 9. Mr. G. LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East, as representing the Insurance Commissioners, whether it is proposed, in the forthcoming Bill dealing with deposit contributors, to give the full maternity benefit of 30s. to the mothers who now get less than that amount owing to their husbands being forced to become deposit contributors because unable, as medically unfit, to obtain admittance to approved societies?
Mr. BENNI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for West St. Pancras on the 23rd March.
§ 10. Mr. G. LOCKER-LAMPSONasked how many deposit contributors, approximately, have been unable to obtain the full maternity benefit of 30s. owing to the funds to their credit being exhausted?
17. Mr. F. HALL (Dulwich)asked the Secretary to the Treasury how many deposit contributors have received maternity benefit under the National Insurance Act; and the average amount received by each such contributor?