HL Deb 25 July 1935 vol 98 cc856-8

Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee read.

Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.—(Viscount Gage.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.

House in Committee accordingly:

[The EARL OF ONSLOW in the Chair.]

Clauses 1 to 7 agreed to.

Clause 8 [Amendment of e. 97 of Insurance Act as to summary proceedings]:

VISCOUNT GAGE

All the Amendments to this clause are drafting, designed to facilitate the preparation of the Consolidation Bill for National Health Insurance which is now in hand. I beg to move the first Amendment.

Amendment moved— Page 10, line 17, leave out ("Any sum paid by an employer under this subsection") and insert ("The said sum when paid").—(Viscount Gage.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

VISCOUNT GAGE moved, in subsection (3) (b), to leave out "may be recovered as a civil debt" and insert "proceedings for the recovery of the said sum summarily as a civil debt may be commenced at any time within twelve months from the date of the order for payment made on the company." The noble Viscount said: There a slight alteration in this Amendment. I have to move it in this form: "Leave out from 'and' in line 37 to the end of line 38, instead of 'line 24,' as appears on the Paper, and insert the words as printed.

Amendment moved— Page 10, line 37, leave out from ("and") to the end of line 33 and insert the said new words.—(Viscount Gage.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

VISCOUNT GAGE

This, also, is drafting.

Amendment moved— Page 10, line 41, leave out ("an insured") and insert ("any").—(Viscount Gage.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Clause 8, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 9 to 21 agreed to.

Clause 22:

Application to Scotland.

22.—In the application of this Act to Scotland references to a complaint shall be substituted for references to a summons or warrant.

VISCOUNT GAGE moved to leave out all words after "Scotland" and insert:

  1. "(a) for the expression summons or warrant' the expression complaint 'shall be substituted;
  2. (b) any provision with regard to the recovery of a sum or amount summarily as a civil debt shall have effect as if the word 'summarily' were omitted therefrom;
  3. (c) the subsections directed by Section six of this Act to be inserted in Section eighty-nine of the Insurance Act shall have effect as if for the expression 'summons' the expression 'notice' were substituted."

The noble Viscount said: I move this Amendment in the form in which it appears standing in my name on the second Amendment Paper. This is a substitution for the words which appear in the first Amendment Paper. It is purely a drafting Amendment.

Amendment moved— Page 20, leave out lines 12 and 13 and insert the said new words.—(Viscount Gage.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Clause 22, as amended, agreed to.

Remaining clauses agreed to.

First Schedule [Minor and consequential Amendments of National Health Insurance Act, 1924]:

VISCOUNT GAGE

This is consequential on previous Amendments.

Amendment moved— Page 24, line 10, at end insert: Section 96.—In subsection (2), after the words in satisfaction of such contributions' there shall be inserted the words and the employed person's portion of those contributions shall not be recoverable by the employer from the employed person '."—(Viscount Gage.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

First Schedule, as amended, agreed to.

Remaining Schedule agreed to.