BRITISH NATIONAL INSURANCE
WOMEN’S BENEFITS REDUCED.
DEPRESSION AFFECTS FUNDS. British Official Wireless. Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, May 12. The House of Commons passed by 245 votes to 43 to-day the second reading of a Bill designed to secure financial stability of national health insurance, which was menaced by the trade depression, increasing claims and falling policies. The Minister of Health (Sir Edward Hilton-Young) insisted that remedial measures must be consistent with the contributory character of the scheme. One of the drains upon the funds of national insurance was the repeatedly heavy claims from women, especially married women, for sickness and disablement benefit payments. The Bill proposed to reduce women’s benefits which, however, would still be above pre-war level.
The Bill also proposed to excuse only one-half instead of all arrears of contributions because of unemployment.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1932, Page 5
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