§ Sir HENRY KIMBERasked whether domestic servants form the largest class of those who will be compelled to insure under the National Insurance Bill, and whether, in view of the proportion of these persons who are young and healthy lives and are cared for by their employers in 154W sickness, the estimates upon which the actuaries have made their calculations comprise any and what allowance for the gain to the fund from the above facts, and, if not, whether large accretions are expected during the earlier years in the building up of the fund; and whether the Chancellor will place on the Paper for early consideration the form of Clause or Amendment he proposes respecting domestic servants?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI am aware that domestic servants form a large class among those to be compulsorily insured. In these, as in all other cases, the contributions during the young and healthy years are needed to provide against increasing sickness in the later years. Apart from the Amendment which I propose to put on the Paper respecting persons who receive sick pay as a condition of their employment, domestic servants would no doubt accumulate larger surpluses for additional benefits than persons who are not supported by their employers during sickness.