§ Mr. Hammersleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give instructions that, where the recipients of non-contributory old age pensions are in receipt of another pension which has been increased by the award of a cost-of-living bonus, the increase in the pension necessitated by the increased cost of living should not be used to reassess the old age pension.
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§ Sir J. AndersonMy hon. Friend's proposal would lead to the serious anomaly that of persons with the same amount of yearly means some would be eligible for old age pensions and others would not, while in other cases persons with the same amount of yearly means would be eligible for different amounts of old age pension. I cannot, therefore, see my way to introduce the legislation which would be necessary to give effect to it.