§ 12. Mr. W. Yatesasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will consider amending Section 30, Regulation 2, of the National Insurance (Overlapping Benefits) Regulation, 1948, Statutory Instrument, 1948, No. 2711, so that a person over 70 years of age, who having been at work and who has been paying his Industrial Benefit contribution will not find that his retirement pension becomes forfeit because he happened to be injured at work.
§ Mr. PeakeNo, Sir. The rules about the non-duplication of benefits were very carefully considered when the National Insurance Schemes were introduced, and I am not aware of any justification for their alteration upon this point.