§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate, on the same basis as the answer given on 3 November 1983,Official Report, column 452, 330W to the hon. Member for Warwickshire, North (Mr. O'Brien), on self-employed persons, what would be the class 2 national insurance constribution necessary to meet the cost of extending unemployment benefit to self-employed people.
§ Mr. HagueIf title to unemployment benefit were to be extended to the self-employed, the class 2 contribution rate for 1994–95 would have to rise to £7.75, an increase of £2.10 over the proposed rate of £5.65 a week.