§ Mr. BENTHAMasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the case of workers under twenty-one, the scale of contributions will be at the ordinary rates in all cases, irrespective of wages earned, except in the cases where no wages are earned, in which case the employer pays the whole contribution, that is to say, will the contribution be for males 7d. per week, of which the employer pays 4d. and the worker 3d., and for females 6d. per week, of which the employer pays 3d. and the worker 3d.?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe answer is in the affirmative.
§ Mr. BENTHAMalso asked if the amount of the employed person's wages for the purposes of the National Insurance Bill are computed in the same way as in the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906, Schedule 1, Section 1, sub-section (b), namely, his average weekly earnings during the previous twelve months, if he has been so long employed, but if not then for any less period during which he has been in the employment of the same employer, or is it proposed to consider each week separately, and to base the contributions of employers and workers upon the wages actually earned during the said week?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe daily wage will be computed for each week separately.