§ Sir A. Wilsonasked the Home Secretary whether he can obtain an actuarial estimate of the cost of paying compensation at 10s. a week to persons already suffering from lyssinosis who have already left the industry, on the lines proposed in paragraph 14 of the Report of the Ross Committee, 1939, for every year from 1940 till the scheme comes to an end consequent upon the death of all beneficiaries; and whether he contemplates negotiations with those concerned in order to take power to make the levy through the agency of the proposed Cotton Industry Board?
§ Mr. PeakeI am advised that such an actuarial estimate cannot be given, various factors, including the expectation of life of those who would establish claims, being a matter of conjecture. The question of utilizing the proposed Cotton Industry Board in connection with the collection of levies has been noted for consideration.