§ 34. Mr. du Cannasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will consult the Chancellor of the Exchequer with a view to the abolition of the tobacco token scheme and a corresponding increase in retirement pensions.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI cannot add to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend on 4th June.
§ Mr. du CannIs my right hon. Friend aware that the Financ[...] Secretary to the Treasury has condemned this scheme in extremely strong terms and that therefore there can hardly be a more appropriate moment for having consultation of this kind?
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterIt is always a pleasure to have consultation with my right hon. Friend on this or, indeed, any subject, but, as I said, the rates of retirement benefit and other benefits turn on many more factors than the tobacco token.