§ 13 and 14. Mr. GOLDSTONEasked the hon. Member for St. George' s-in-the-East, as representing the Insurance Commissioners (1) whether any schemes have been approved for the payment of subsistence allowances and compensation for loss of remunerative time to members of insurance committees under Section 31 (1) of the National Insurance Act, 1913; whether the Commissioners propose to issue a circular to the insurance committees on the subject for their guidance in drawing up the schemes; and (2) whether any insurance committee has been waiting for six months to receive a reply to their inquiry as to the principles to be adopted in drafting their scheme for the payment of subsistence allowances and compensation for loss of remunerative time to members of insur- 1558 ance committees under Section 31 (1) of the National Insurance Act, 1913; whether the Insurance Commissioners have fixed any date from which the payment will be made retrospective; and whether a flat rate for compensation for loss of remunerative time would receive the sanction of the Commissioners?
§ Mr. WEDGWOOD BENN (Lord of the Treasury)No schemes have as yet been approved, but in this connection I would refer to my reply of the 11th May to the hon. Member for Salisbury. A model scheme has, however, been prepared by the Commissioners, and is now being issued for the guidance of insurance committees in drafting their own schemes.