Mr. Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether contributions under the National Health Insurance (Juvenile Contributors) Act, 1937, are payable as from the date at which a juvenile starts work or only from the subsequent school-leaving date, and, if no contributions are payable between the date 1939W of employment and the first subsequent school-leaving date, whether the juvenile during that period is covered for workmen's compensation and medical benefit?
§ Mr. ColvilleUnder the National Health Insurance (Juvenile Contributors and Young Persons) Act, 1937, the date from which contributions are payable for a juvenile in employment, and from which he is entitled to medical benefit, is the prescribed school-leaving date next succeeding his fourteenth birthday. I understand that workmen's compensation is not affected by the question of insurability.