HC Deb 08 February 1954 vol 523 cc808-9
4. Mr. Dodds

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will set up an independent inquiry to find out whether war pensions scales are high enough in view of the dissatisfaction at present existing.

Mr. Peake

No, Sir. There is full information available on this matter and I see no need for an inquiry of this kind.

Mr. Dodds

Will the right hon. Gentleman explain why, in the Conservative Party document, "The Right Road for Britain," his party stated that they would set up an independent inquiry to find out whether war pensions scales were high enough? Did they really mean that or were they, once again, only "kidding"?

Mr. Peake

That was some years ago, and since then a Conservative Government has been returned and have increased war pensions.