§ 83. Mr. MOUNTasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he is aware that deductions under the National Insurance Act are being claimed from the wages of volunteers who are giving their spare time to work in munitions factories; and whether, in view of the fact that the work which is being done by these men in these factories is not in the course of their regular business, he will see that, when the regular business of these workers is not an employment coming under Part I. or Part II. of the National Insurance Act, 1911, no claim for deduction under that Act shall be made?
§ Mr. CHARLES ROBERTS (Comptroller of the Household)Where such volunteers are employed under contract of service they are liable to insurance under Part I. of the Act. It is, however, open to any one to claim a certificate of exemption if he can show that he is ordinarily and mainly dependent for his livelihood on earnings derived from an occupation which is not an insurable employment or that he is in receipt of an income of at least £26 a year not dependent upon his personal exertions. Such certificate relieves the employé of all liability to pay contributions; the employer's share of the contribution remains payable in these as in all cases of exempt persons. Questions as to Part II. of the Act should be addressed to the Board of Trade.