§ Mr. PETOasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in preparing the schemes embodied in the National Insurance Bill, he consulted the Employers' Parliamentary Council or any employers' association with respect thereto; and whether he will give the names of such bodies and also the names of the friendly societies and labour unions thus consulted?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI did not consult the Employers' Parliamentary Council, I 847W do not think any useful purpose would be served by compiling particulars of the friendly societies, employers' associations, and other bodies which the various persons I consulted could be regarded as representing or with which they were connected.