§ 99. Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of National Insurance how many employers, to date, have been fined since the inception of the National Insurance Act for not stamping the cards of their employees; and what steps are taken in cases of this nature to safeguard the credit insurance position of the employee.
Mr. B. TaylorUp to 31st May last about 1,750 employers were prosecuted for failure to stamp their employees' cards 109W and most of them were fined. Provided the failure was not due to any negligence or connivance on the part of the employee the contributions due in such cases would normally be treated as paid for the purpose of benefit claims.