HC Deb 31 July 1947 vol 441 c88W
92. Mr. Morley

asked the Minister of National Insurance if the will make arrangements for students in emergency training colleges, who, before they went to college, were voluntary contributors under the Health and Pensions Act, to continue under the scheme without contributions during the period of training.

Mr. Steele

The arrangements which have been made enable a person with a title to be treated as an employed contributor to have his health and pensions insurance maintained without payment of contributions while attending an emergency training college. It would not be consistent with the general principles of the present scheme to extend this arrangement to persons outside the employed contributor class, but I should be glad to examine the position in any particular case which my hon. Friend may have in mind.