§ Sir JOHN BARRANasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state, in the case of chauffeurs insured under the National Insurance Act who are regularly taken abroad for some weeks each year by their employers, what will be the position of such insured persons in the event of their falling ill while abroad as regards the payment of sickness benefit, and the provision of medical attendance and drugs?
§ Mr. MASTERMANUnder Section 8 (4) of the National Insurance Act no insured person will be entitled to medical benefit during any period when he is resident either temporarily or permanently outside the United Kingdom. As regards sickness benefit, an insured person who is resident outside the United Kingdom may be allowed the benefit if he is so resident with the consent of the approved society of which he is a member, or of the insurance committee if he is a deposit contributor. For this purpose the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not reckoned as outside the United Kingdom.