MAJORITY REPORT. 
7] 
Unemployment. 
Year 
Employer. 
Worker. 
Total. 
1925 =... i ra 
1926. an ha 
10d. 
Sd. 
9d. 
7d. 
1s. 7d. 
1s. 3d. 
WoMEN. 
Health and Pensions. 
Health 
Pensions. 
Total 
Year 
1925 i 
1926 ae 
Em- 
ployer. 
5d. 
41d 
| Worker. 
44 
4d. 
Em- 
plover: | Worker. 
Pid. 
“dd. 
Em- 
ployer. 
5d. 
Td. 
Worker. 
4d. 
6d. 
Total. 
9d. 
1s..94d. 
Unemployment. 
Year 
1925 mi... “ve 
1926 ...; oA 
Bi 
Employer. 
8d. 
7d. 
Worker. 
7d. 
[A 
Total. 
1s. 3d. 
ls. 14d. 
149. The National Confederation of Employers’ Organisations 
go on to urge that a substantial measure of relief could be obtained 
by a reconsideration of the finances of the Health Insurance 
Scheme, which they maintain is over-financed for the normal 
purposes contemplated in the Act of 1911. With this aspect 
it will be more appropriate to deal in the following chapter. At 
present we are only concerned to submit a conspectus of the 
burdens thrown upon the Exchequer, the local rates and upon 
industry, by the operation of the various schemes for promoting 
the public welfare. 
150. We have given prominence to this evidence because of the 
important part that employers as a class play in the collection 
of the insurance funds and the large financial contribution which 
they make to the Scheme. But we have also received a certain 
amount of evidence from parties less interested financially, 
directed to the view that, however desirable expansion may be, 
the rates of contribution should not in present circumstances be 
increased. For instance, the Ancient Order of Foresters 
(Q. 4168-4176) express the view that any increase in the rate of 
contribution for the purpose of meeting the cost of a statutory 
dental benefit would not be favourably received. The National 
Conference of Industrial Assurance Approved Societies (Q. 5074)