UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (AGRICULTURE) BILL. (Hansard, 8 April 1936)

§ Mr. E. BROWN
Perhaps it might be for the convenience of the House if I made a short explanation of the Lords Amendments, seeing that I propose to ask the House to agree with them. Will that be agreeable?

§ Mr. SPEAKER
Yes, with the approval of the House.

§ Mr. BROWN
If hon. Members will look at the Amendment Paper they will see three Amendments which form one group. The first Amendment is on Clause 1, page 1, line 6. The second Amendment is on page 2, line 8, and the other is in Clause 15, page 11, line 16, to leave out lines 16 to 23. These are a consecutive series of Amendments and are drafting Amendments designed to remove doubts that have been aroused as to the draftsmanship of the Bill and whether it carries out the intention to remove employment in agriculture from the ex- 2912 ception and to make it insurable, subject to the modifications contained in the Bill. This series of Amendments carries out that purpose and is purely drafting. Therefore, I shall ask the House to take these three Amendments as one and to give assent to them.
The next Amendment is in Clause 6, page 4, line 37, after "year," to insert "agricultural"; in line 40, after "days," insert "agricultural"; and in line 42, after " days," insert "agricultural," also in page 5, line 1, after no," insert "agricultural." These also are drafting Amendments and arc designed so that agricultural benefit and no other benefit shall be taken into account. The next Amendment is in Clause 10, page 8, line 21, at the end, to insert: (3) In calculating the amount of any repayment to be made in accordance with the regulations made for the purposes of this section, fractions of a penny shall be disregarded. This Amendment is to make it quite clear that we are to follow the customary practice of the industrial scheme. If hon. Members desire to know whether the claims are to be dealt with en bloc or separately, I may say that they will be dealt with separately. There is a further Amendment to Clause 10, in page 8, line 23, leave out "under" and insert "for the purposes of." This is a drafting Amendment. The words will then read: The amount of the repayments made in any year in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this section shall be deducted"— There is a further Amendment, which is in the nature of a new Clause: