Clause 1. — (Higher Rates, etc., of Con Tributions and Benefit Under Industrial Injuries Act.)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 December 1954.

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Photo of Mr James Griffiths Mr James Griffiths , Llanelli 12:00, 13 December 1954

The right hon. Gentleman is perfectly right. That is the method which I adopted, with the proviso in Section 59 (1) that having had the Scheme in operation for five years we should have a quinquennial review of the whole of this operation, which would enable us to have before us the working of the Scheme not for a year but for five years, so that we could find out how the financial structure was working out. There is no pretence about it. We were waiting for the quinquennial review. Since the date of a report on this Scheme is exactly the same as the date of the Report on the National Insurance Scheme, why have we not had a report? Until we have had the report, why not leave the Scheme as it is?