§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will estimate the cost in a full financial year of releasing employers from the cost of national insurance contributions for all new employees engaged; and if he will make a statement;
(2) if he will estimate the cost of releasing employers from the cost of national insurance contributions in a full financial year, if all those currently under 25 years of age and unemployed were employed; and if he will make a statement;
(3) if he will estimate the cost of releasing employers from the cost of national insurance contributions in a full financial year if all those under 25 years of age who are classed as long-term unemployed were employed; and if he will make a statement;
(4) if he will estimate the cost of releasing employers from the cost of national insurance contributions in a full financial year if those currently unemployed between the ages of 55 and 60 years were employed; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WhitneyAn estimate of the contributions payable if those at present unemployed were employed could be made only on the basis of arbitrary assumptions about rates of pay, periods of employment etc. and the result would depend very much on the precise rules for waiving liability.