Mr. POINTERasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to a case tried in the South Western Police Court, in which Joseph Alderson, ladies' tailor and dressmaker of Streatham, was summoned by three of his employés for wages in lieu of notice, the three having been summarily discharged on account of their refusal to consent to a reduction of 6d. per week in their wages; whether he is aware that it was implied by the employer that the proposed reduction was on account of the coming into operation of the National Insurance Act; and what action he proposes taking to ensure that this employer and others like-minded do not transfer their liability under the Act to their employés?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe case referred to has been brought to my notice. I would refer my hon. Friend to the answers I gave to my hon. Friends the Members for North-East Manchester, Glasgow (Black-friars), and Derby on the 1st, 11th, and 15th July.