§ Mr. PETOasked the Secretary to the Treasury what is the position of a man of sixty-seven years of age in February next who for many years has been a member of a club which is now about to be dissolved; whether he can state what benefits he would get if he is able to enter an approved society; and, if he is not accepted, whether the only alternative for him is to become a Post Office contributor?
§ Mr. MASTERMANUnder Section 49, Sub-section (3), a man of sixty-seven who joins an approved society, is entitled to such benefits as the society may determine. An insured person unable to gain admission to any approved society would become a deposit contributor. Alternative tables of benefits have been issued by the Commissioners to guide societies in fixing the benefits to be offered to persons over sixty-five, and one or other of these tables has been adopted by the great majority of approved societies.