§ 84. Mr. Hollisasked the Minister of National Insurance why curates of the Church of England, who are classed as employed persons for Pay-As-You-Earn purposes for Income Tax, are classed under his regulations as self-employed for purposes of National Insurance; and whether he will remedy this anomaly.
§ Mr. SteeleThe courts have decided that for the purposes of National Health Insurance curates of the Church of England are not as such employed under a contract of service. Failing any specific provision to the contrary they will, therefore, fall into the class of self-employed persons under the new National Insurance scheme. The National Insurance Advisory Committee has recently had under consideration the classification of these and other classes of persons engaged in specified kinds of employments. The Report of the Committee will be laid before the House very shortly.