§ 17. Mr. RILEY (for Mr. RENNIE SMITH)asked the Minister of Labour whether an employer's receipt for a fully stamped insurance card can be accepted in any circumstacesn as a satisfactory substitute for the fully stamped card in cases where the card has been accidentally lost after being handed over to a workman by the employer, the employer first having taken such a receipt?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDSuch a receipt is not, of course, a substitute for the stamped book. The extent to which it could be accepted as evidence that the employer has discharged his obligations or that the workman is entitled to credit for the contributions would depend upon the circumstances of the case.