§ Mr. WHELERasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether a man who is an inmate of some private almshouses where he receives a pension of 5s. per week, clothing, and a house, is liable to pay the contributions payable under Part II. of the National Insurance Act when working occasionally as a mason under an estate mason?
Mr. BUXTONA workman in the circumstances mentioned in the question would not appear, so far as the payment of contributions is concerned, to be in a different position from any other workman engaged in an insured trade. He might, however, be able to claim exemption in virtue of the provisions of Section 97 ("Saving for occasional employment in rural neighbourhoods").