§ Mr. LEES SMITHasked whether, under Clause 53 of the National Insurance Bill, the right to take proceedings against employers who fail to pay their contributions is allowed to members of approved societies but withheld from Post Office contributors?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEClause 53 gives an employed contributor who is a member of an approved society the special right of recovering from his employer the value of benefits lost through the employer's neglect to pay contributions. As Clause 10, which deals with arrears of contributions, only applies to members of approved societies, it is unnecessary to give this special right to a deposit contributor, who, of course, retains his common law right to take proceedings.