HC Deb 06 December 1937 vol 330 cc161-3

Resolution reported, That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to extend the powers of edu- cation authorities with respect to courses of instruction provided under the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935 (hereinafter referred to as 'the principal Act'); to render certain employments insurable in like manner as employment in agriculture; to amend the provisions of the said Act relating to the discharge of the liabilities of the Unemployment Fund and to Treasury advances to that fund; and to amend the law as to the insurance of discharged seamen, marines, soldiers, and airmen, it is expedient—

  1. (a) to authorise the Treasury to make advances to the Unemployment Fund out of the Consolidated Fund but so that no such advance shall cause the total amount of such advances to exceed an amount equal to the amount by which, the outstanding liabilities mentioned in subsection (2) of section sixty of the principal Act would then have been greater if no sums had been applied towards the discharge of those liabilities under any power conferred by the said Act of the present Session;
  2. (b) to authorise the Treasury to borrow money by means of terminable annuities charged on the Unemployment Fund for the purpose of repaying to the Consolidated Fund any sums so advanced as aforesaid;
  3. (c) to authorise the Treasury for the purpose of making good any sums by which the moneys of the Unemployment Fund are at any time insufficient to meet any sum due on account of such annuities to make temporary advances out of the Consolidated Fund repayable to the Exchequer with interest within six months;
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  4. (d) to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of any sums by which the expenses of the Minister under the principal Act or any education grants under any other Act are increased by reason of any power conferred on education authorities by the said Act of the present Session to provide for persons attending courses of instruction provided by such authorities under section seventy-six of the principal Act meals, and in Scotland medical (including surgical and dental) treatment, in like manner as they may be provided for children attending school, or by reason of any power so conferred to provide light refreshment for such persons;
  5. (e) to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of any increase in the sums payable out of such moneys by virtue of sections twenty-one, ninety-four, ninety-five or ninety-six of the principal Act by reason of any provisions of the said Act of the present Session rendering employments insurable in like manner as employment in agriculture or amending the law as to the insurance of discharged seamen, marines, soldiers, and airmen."

Resolution agreed to.