§ Mr. Oliverasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will draw attention in any future edition of "Everybody's Guide to National Insurance" to the different contributory conditions necessary to qualify for increments by insured persons remaining in employment after attaining the minimum retirement age from those obtaining in respect of other benefits under the National Insurance Act in that only weeks during which the insured person is employed qualify for increment and periods lost by reason of sickness or other causes have no such effect.
§ Miss PittThe statement in the Guide that the pension is increased for contributions which are paid for weeks of employ-6W ment or self-employment is clear and the more detailed leaflet sent to everyone approaching pension age adds specifically that weeks of unemployment or sickness do not count. My right hon. Friend will, however, see whether it is possible to bring out this point even more clearly in the Guide when it is shortly reprinted.