HC Deb 22 June 1939 vol 348 cc2475-6W
Mr. Thoneycroft

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether any scheme introduced for the payment of compensation to members of the Civil Defence services who may be killed or injured during peace-time training will be submitted by him to the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies for his certificate that such scheme provides scales of compensation not less favourable to the members and their dependants than the corresponding scales contained in the Workmen's Compensation Acts?

Sir J. Anderson

No, Sir. If, as I presume, my hon. Friend has in mind Section 31 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, which imposes certain duties on the

Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, I cannot agree that the circumstances are analogous to those which obtain in the case to which that Section applies.