HC Deb 08 June 1959 vol 606 c759
Miss Pitt

I beg to move, in page 16, line 16, after the first "of", to insert: or as to the graduated contributions attributable to". This is a technical Amendment to remedy a small drafting omission in the Bill. It deals with the case of someone who continues in work in contracted-out employment after minimum retiring age. When he leaves that work, if for some reason—it would be a very unusual case—the pension earned in the contracted-out employment were not paid, then a payment in lieu to the National Insurance fund would become due. Under the Bill that payment in lieu would be translated into contributions paid at the maximum rate for the whole of the years of the contracted-out employment whereas the payment that we should receive would cover only the years up to the age of 65, the age of entitlement to pension.

As I said, such an occasion would be very rare, but the effect of the Amendment in these circumstances would be that the graduated contributions credited would be treated as covering the exact period for which the payment in lieu was calculated. I hope the House will accept the Amendment.

Amendment agreed to.