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MAJORITY REPORT. 
CHAPTER XIV. 
SUMMARY OF 
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOM- 
MENDATIONS. 
In this Chapter we give a summary of the conclusions at which 
we have arrived and the recommendations which we submit. 
The numbers of the relative paragraphs of the Report are given 
for convenience of reference. 
(FENERAL. 
(1) That National Health Insurance has established its 
position as a permanent feature of the social system in this 
country, and should be continued on its present compulsory and 
contributory basis subject to the various changes recommended 
helow. (para. 28.) 
PERSONS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SCHEME. 
(2) That to the persons at present required to be insured as 
employed contributors should be added persons engaged in 
employment under a contract for the performance of manual 
labour for the purpose of any trade or business except in so far 
as such employment may be excluded by a Special Order. 
(paras. 464-468.) 
(8) That except for the addition of the class referred to in 
(2) above, there should be no change, either in respect of the age 
limits or the rate of remuneration test or otherwise, with regard 
to the persons required to be insured as employed contributors 
or allowed to be insured as voluntary contributors. (paras. 456- 
463. 474.) 
REVENUE OF THE SCHEME. 
(4) That the revenue of the Scheme should continue to be 
derived from contributions from insured persons and (in the case 
of employed persons) their employers, together with a payment 
from the National Exchequer of a proportionate part of the cost 
of the benefits and of their administration. (paras. 28 and 153.) 
(5) That the cost of the central administration of the Scheme 
should continue to be a charge on the Exchequer. (para. 153.) 
(6) That beyond the payment of the proportionate part of 
the cost of benefits and administration and the cost of super- 
vision by the Central Departments, there should be no 
charge on the Exchequer in respect of National Health Insurance. 
(para. 153.)