Trade Union Regional Conference on the Beveridge Report : abridged report
1943-01-16 1943 1940s 7 pages 4 A series of questions were then put to the Chair, and were answered by Mr. Corby. Mr. Webster led off with an enquiry about Local Government Superannuation Schemes. Mr. Corby replied to the effect that the T.U.C. were in consultation with affiliated Societies, and...
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4 A series of questions were then put to the Chair, and were answered by Mr. Corby. Mr. Webster led off with an enquiry about Local Government Superannuation Schemes. Mr. Corby replied to the effect that the T.U.C. were in consultation with affiliated Societies, and would be largely guided by their representatives, with reference to Municipal Superannuation Schemes. Another delegate asked if it was possible to supply each delegate with a copy of the Report of the Conference, to which the Chairman observed that he was asking for something (!) but there would be an abbreviated report in the "Town Crier." Another delegate observed that each delegate would report to his own Society. The Chairman stated that although the Federation had decided not to issue a Report of the Conference, a synopsis of the proceedings would be sent to the delegates. Mr. Hawkes (Chairman, National Amalgamated Union of Life Insurance Workers) enquired as to the position of the Life Insurance Workers under the Beveridge Scheme. Mr. Corby replied to the effect that they would be employed to administer the Scheme. Another questioner raised the point regarding as to how the proposals would be received by the medical profession, and drew the parallel between now and 1911 and Mr. Lloyd George's proposals. Mr. Corby replied that the practitioner was guaranteed £800 a year and there would consequently be no difficulty in getting the proper medical administration. Question : "Will the Beveridge Report affect private superannuation funds?" Mr. Corby: "It does not interfere with private superannuation funds at all ; in fact, the Beveridge Report says that it is an incentive for more organisation in this direction in the interests of aged people." Another delegate raised the question of the status of the staffs of voluntary hospitals, which he argued were now in a deplorably bad condition. Mr. Corby stated that the voluntary hospitals would become the same as the municipal hospitals as far as the staffs were concerned, and with complete remuneration. Delegate : "It has been said that it is not a socialist scheme, so who is going to bear the burden of this scheme ?" Mr. Corby : "There is no other place to get money from, only from labour applied to raw material."
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