§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that many men over 70 years of age who are fit for work, and willing to work, are under a disability in seeking employment in that they are not eligible under the present regulations for health insurance, and that the respective masters cannot insure them because of their age; and whether he will consider some alteration in the regulations so that there can be some measure of insurance for these older men, many of whom are excellent workmen?
§ Mr. WHEATLEYI am not prepared to consider action on the lines of the second part of the question. As regards the first part, it is not clear to me how the fact that insurance contributions are not payable by employers or employés militates against the employment of men over seventy suitable for employment.