HC Deb 13 June 1940 vol 361 cc1372-3
37. Mr. Batey

asked the Minister of Health the amount of supplementary old age pension that will be paid where a wife 66 years of age has been refused a pension, but her husband is in receipt of 10s. old age pension and 24s. from the public assistance committee?

Mr. M. MacDonald

It is not possible, in the absence of full details, to say what the amount of a supplementary pension would be in a particular case, but, as I stated in the course of the Debate on the Regulations, no pensioner who was in receipt of outdoor relief immediately before 3rd August will receive less by way of a supplementary pension, unless his circumstances have changed or there is something quite exceptional about the case.

Mr. Batey

Do I understand the Minister to say that they will receive not less than they are now receiving?

Mr. MacDonald

Not less, except in the cases I have mentioned.