§ Mr. RENDALLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it will be obligatory on teachers under the Insurance Bill who earn less than £160 per annum to insure themselves under its provisions; is there a distinction and, if so, what, between elementary teachers insured under the Teachers Superannuation Act and those who are not so insured; does the fact of an elementary teacher insured under the Superannuation Act ceasing to be an elementary teacher and becoming a secondary teacher make any difference to such a teacher's position under the Insurance Bill; is there any provision in the Insurance Bill expressly or impliedly preventing 420W teachers with incomes under £160 a year from being insured under the Bill; may such teachers voluntarily insure under the Bill; if a teacher is excluded from the Bill because he or she is covered by the Teachers Superannuation Act, may such teacher insure under the voluntary Clauses of the Bill; and would such insurance curtail or interfere with advantages given under the Superannuation Act?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEUnder paragraph (c) of Part II. of the First Schedule to the Bill, elementary school teachers to whom the Elementary School Teachers Superannuation Act, 1898; or a scheme under Section 14 of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1908, or the National School Teachers (Ireland) Act, 1878, applies are excepted from compulsory but not excluded from voluntary insurance. Teachers, elementary or secondary, who do not come under those Acts are on the same footing under the Bill as persons engaged in any other occupation. It is possible that teachers who come under the Act of 1898, and who insure voluntarily under the Bill, will suffer a deduction under Section 6 (1) (c) of that Act.