§ 35. Mr. Haleasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he is aware that families living in one 4W household are being classified as two families so as to save payment of family allowances and as one family so as to save National Assistance; and what action he proposes to take to remedy this anomaly.
§ Mrs. ThatcherNo. My right hon. Friend is unable to accept the implications which the hon. Member appears to have drawn from an exceptional case, about which I am writing to him.