§ Mr. CARR-GOMMasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether an employed contributor whose stamps had been regularly affixed from 15th July, 1912, to 15th January, 1913, i.e.,twenty-six weeks, 1806W but became unemployed the twenty-seventh week and remained so for twenty-six weeks, no stamps being placed on his card during the latter six months, would, on resuming work the fifty-third week, be responsible for the arrears, or whether, as they occurred during the first twelve months after the commencement of the Act, he would still be in benefit?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe contributor referred to, having paid twenty-six contributions would be entitled, as a member of an approved society, to full benefits for the remainder of the first twelve months, and would not be reckoned in arrear on resuming payment of contributions in the fifty-third week. A deposit contributor, as my hon. Friend is no doubt aware is not subject to the ordinary provisions in regard to arrears, but receives benefits which depend upon the amount standing to his credit for the time being in the Post Office account.