§ Sir W. Robson Brownasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance why his Department does not supply stout franked envelopes in which the fully stamped National Insurance cards can be returned to the local office of the Department in the same way as the Board of Inland Revenue does, in regard to the return of P.A.Y.E. cards.
§ Miss Hornsby-SmithOnly 10 per cent. of cards are exchanged by post, and it would therefore be wasteful of public money to supply such envelopes. And even in the case of these 10 per cent., as new cards are only sent after receipt of the old ones the procedure suggested by my hon. Friend would160W involve the retention of such envelopes for long periods with the probability that some at any rate would not be used.