§ Sir HENRY KIMBERasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, where a person is in receipt of an income of £26 or upwards per annum not dependent on his personal exertions, he may, if he wishes, obtain a certificate of exemption, but the employer of a person holding such a certificate will have to pay the usual employer's contribution in respect of him; and, if so, how it is proposed that the employer's contribution shall be collected in such cases, and who will get the benefit of it?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. The employers' contributions are being collected in the usual way by means of stamps affixed to a card which the employer should obtain from the Post Office. I am sending to the hon. Baronet copies of this card and other forms which explain the procedure. Under Section 4 (4) of the Act such contributions are to be carried to such account and dealt with in such manner as may be prescribed by Regulations made by the Insurance Commissioners. The Regulations under this Section are now being drafted and I hope that it will be possible to issue them at an early date.