THE INSURANCE BILL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 23 November 1911, Page 8

THE INSURANCE BILL

PASSES THE COMMITTEE STAGE

»T CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT LONDOiNi Nov. 22. The committee stage of the Insurance Bill has been completed.

An amendment making'the domestic servants clauses optional' was* negatived by 242 to 95, but Mr Lloyd George promised to embody «a suggestion to give the servants the option of sick pay and free medical attendanceor superannuation and-invalidity benefits. "<

(Received Nov; 23, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 22.

In the House of Commons the Speaker, replying to Viscount Wolmer, ruled that the Insurance Bill is not a Money Bill. This decision renders the Bill liable to amendment by the House of Lords. ;\

Mr Herbert, the successful candidate at^ the South Somerset by-election, at^ tributes the unpopularity of the Government to the Insurance Bill.