HC Deb 01 December 1927 vol 211 cc704-5
61. Mr. SMEDLEY CROOKE

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether in view of the recommendations made by the various local pensions committees, he will consider the advisability of introducing legislation to provide that uninsured persons at 70 years of age shall have the same privileges as to means as insured persons will have in January next at the age of 65?

The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Arthur Michael Samuel)

The answer is in the negative. On financial grounds alone it is impossible for the Government to propose legislation which would involve an additional liability on the Exchequer of £13 million a year.