§ Sir THOMAS WHITTAKERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer will contributions be payable under the National Insurance Bill by and for half-timers in the textile trades, or will they come under the exemption in Clause 2 (1), as the time they work would not make up thirty-nine full weeks in a year, and they are dependent upon their parents or guardians?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEMy right hon. Friend appears to have overlooked the fact that the words referring to thirty-nine weeks were cut out from Clause 2 (1) in Committee.