§ 69. Dr. LEECHasked the Minister of Health whether in view of the recommendations of the commission on the State insurance scheme that the wage limit for insured persons be raised to £350 per annum, it would be possible to take steps to extend the privilege of voluntary insurance to all workers earning above that figure?
§ Sir K. WOODThere has been no recommendation relating to health and pensions insurance on the lines indicated by my hon. Friend, but I would refer him to the reply which I gave to a question asked by my bon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Perkins) on 23rd March with regard to the Government's proposed extension of the contributory pensions scheme on a voluntary basis.