Major WHITEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any provision has been made for the case of a man whose present contribution to his friendly society for sick pay is the same as the amount which it is proposed to deduct from his wages under the National Insurance Bill, who reaches the age of seventy, but is not eligible for an old age pension; whether it is proposed that such a man should be debarred from receiving the sick pay for which he may have contributed for many years, without compensation in the shape of an old age pension; and whether he is aware that there will be thousands of persons who will be in such a position if they reach the age of seventy?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe National Insurance Bill will deprive no one of any986W rights which he has acquired by past contributions to a friendly society; on the contrary, the Bill will set free vast accumulated reserves for friendly societies to use for the benefit of existing members.