§ 42. Major Beamishasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what reply he has received from Mr. Melling, Secretary of the National Federation of Old-Age Pensioners' Associations to his letter of 10th February asking for details of all old-age pensioners said to be suffering from hardship.
§ Mr. PeakeIn reply to my request for particulars of the 2,700 pensioners mentioned in Press statements as suffering hardship I have received some 190 letters, most of them relating to pensioners with resources in addition to their retirement pension. The correspondence is still continuing.