HC Deb 03 June 1943 vol 390 c355
39. Mr. Quintin Hogg

asked the Minister of Health whether he is now in a position to say when a White Paper on the subject of Assumption B of Sir William Beveridge's Report is to be issued?

Mr. E. Brown

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave on 26th May to my hon. Friend the Member for London University (Sir E. Graham-Little).

Mr. Hogg

In view of the misapprehensions arising from the reported statement of my right hon. Friend to the effect that his proposals are "in the discard," will he give an unequivocal assurance that the Government's acceptance of Assumption B in the Beveridge Report has not been abandoned?

Mr. Brown

Certainly, Sir.

Sir Francis Fremantle

Will there be an opportunity for the House to discuss Assumption B?

Mr. Brown

That is a matter for the House itself, by arrangement.