Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [‎169v] (338/442)

2037 Written Answers. HOUSE OF COMMONS Written Answers. 2038
[Mr. Russell.]
on the other side of the House to keep an
open mind. There is not the slightest
idea of concealing anything from the public
when it becomes known, but while the case
is pending it is reasonable to ask hon.
Members to keep an open mind.
Dr. ESMONDE: With reference to the
question of Newry, will adequate inspec
tion of the cattle be made?
Mr. RUSSELL: On behalf of the De
partment I am prepared to give adequate
inspection at Newry; at the same time I
think it right to say that as long as there
is disease it will be extremely difficult to
convince my right hon. Friend the Presi
dent of the Board of Agriculture that these
ports should be opened. I may state that
the result will be announced at question
time to-morrow.
Dr. ESMONDE: The cattle which go
from Newry to be exported are going to
other ports all over Ireland.
Mr. RUSSELL: It may seem very illogi
cal, but it is a matter for the Minister of
Agriculture, and it is not a question to be
governed by myself alone.
Question put, and agreed to.
Adjourned accordingly at Twenty-seven minutes
after Eleven o’clock.
WRITTEN ANSWERS.
NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT.
Whole Time Service.
Mr. ROWNTREE asked the Secretary
to the Treasury whether, under the
National Insurance Act, when a person
earns his income from more than one
source, his total earned income from all
sources is to be reckoned in order to ascer
tain whether he comes above the £160
limit; if so, what procedure must each of
his employers adopt to ascertain what his
total income is; and which employer must
pay the employer’s contribution?
Mr. MASTERMAN: The answer to the
first question is in the negative. Where
a person is employed in whole-time ser
vice, the rate of his remuneration in that
employment is alone to be looked at, and
it is immaterial that he is during any of
his spare time engaged in some other em
ployment which is within the Act.
Appointments Outside Civil Service.
Mr. LANSBURY asked the Secretary to
the Treasury how many appointments have
been made by the English Insurance Com
missioners, at a salary of £500 a year and
upwards, from persons outside the Civil
Service; and will he publish the names
and offices of such persons and the method
by which the} r were selected 1
Mr. MASTERMAN : A principal medical
officer, the legal assistant, and the late
private secretary of the chairman of the
English Commission have been appointed
without previous Civil Service experience
at the salary of £500 a year and upwards.
Each of these posts (having regard both to
its duties and the time at which it had to
be filled), required special qualifications,
and the selection was carefully made with
reference to these qualifications.
Irish Migratory Labourers.
Mr. HUGH LAW asked the Chancellor
of the Exchequer what steps have been
taken to enable Irish migratory labourers
to obtain, should they desire so to do, cer
tificates of exemption under Section 81 (3)
of the National Insurance Act?
Mr. MASTERMAN: Forms of applica
tion for these certificates may be obtained
from post offices and from officers of Cus
toms and Excise (who are usually the pen
sion officers) throughout Ireland, and in
those districts in England and Scotland in
which Irish migratory labourers are chiefly
employed.
Civil Servants (Appointments).
Sir WILLIAM BYLES asked the Presi
dent of the Board of Trade how many
of the positions created under the
National Insurance Act during the present
year have been allocated to existing Civil
Servants; the nature of the appointments;
the rank and sex of the officers who have
been chosen to receive them; and the De
partment to which they have been previ
ously attached; whether all the appoint
ments necessary to the working of the
National Insurance Act have now been
allocated; and, if not, will he state the
number which still remain open and the
proportion which it is intended to give to
existing Civil Servants?