La Hongrie de l'Adriatique au Danube

Report of the Royal Commission on National Health Insurance

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Author:: Tissot, Victor http://d-nb.info/gnd/117628085

Title:: La Hongrie de l'Adriatique au Danube

Place of publication:: Paris

Publisher:: Plon

Year of publication:: 1883

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MAJORITY REPORT. 237 oo and the first suggestion made to us was that this restriction should be removed and that the pensions should be thrown open to all seamen domiciled in the United Kingdom who have served in the British Mercantile Marine. On this proposal Sir Walter Kinnear made the following comment :— ‘“ Many seamen cease, on account of age and infirmity, to go to sea for a prolonged period, and if they do not take up insurable employment on shore, their insurance and Society membership have ceased before they reach pension age. An example is the crofter seaman of the Hebrides who has left the sea for several years and maintains himself by cultivating his croft. We have also the case of officers and engineers in the Mercantile Marine who are excepted from insurance by the remuneration limit and are not members of Societies. The contributions forming the income of the Tiascar Fund are those paid by the employers for foreign seamen, not domiciled in the United Kingdom, who are not insured. They are, therefore, in the nature of a general tax on the running of the ship, and may be held in equity to be utilisable for the benefit of all British seamen, and not merely for the class who happen to be members of Approved Societies. . . . That proposal has already been adopted by the Ministry of Labour as regards pensions derived from Unemployment Insurance contributions, and we therefore recommend that this particular request be granted.” (Kinnear, Q. 23,771.) 555. We are satisfied that there is a good case for the suggested change, and we therefore recommend that Section 64 (4) of the Act should be amended by the omission of the words ** being members of Approved Societies.’’ 556. The second suggestion made to us with reference to the Lascar Fund was that the cost of administering the Fund, which under the Act has to be apportioned amongst Approved Societies whose members are entitled to the benefits, should be borne by the Fund itself. On this suggestion, Sir Walter Kinnear said :— “It would be very difficult to levy Societies in that way. As a matter of fact, that Section of the Act has never yet been put into operation. Societies have considerable difficulty in ascer- taining precisely their seamen membership. We think it is hardly reasonable to charge Societies with the cost of administer- ing the Pensions Scheme, and it is therefore suggested that Section 64 (5) of the Act should be amended to provide that the cost of administration should be borne by the ILascar Fund Itself.” (Kinnear, Q. 23,771.) 557. We are satisfied that this also is a desirable change, and therefore recommend that Section 64 of the Act should be amended accordingly.

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