§ It was pointed out by the Clerk of the Parliaments that the National Insurance Act, 1918, had brought persons employed on weekly wages under the National Insurance Act, 1911. Formerly they were kept outside the Act by virtue of S. 47 of the latter Act (which is now repealed), and were entitled to sick pay in accordance with the scheme agreed to by the House of Lords Offices Committee in March, 1897.
§ The Committee agreed that, having regard to the small amount of money involved, weekly wage earners now in the service of the House might keep their sick pay benefits under the scheme sanctioned in 1897, although entitled alternatively to the benefits given by the National Insurance Act, 1911. They agreed, however, that weekly wage earners entering the service of the House after the present date should be entitled only to sick pay benefits under the National Insurance Act, 1911.