§ 66. Mr. Mikardoasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what changes of method or system she is making, following her review, to ensure that future increases in pensions can be put into operation more quickly than at present.
§ Miss HerbisonWe are at present investigating what alternative methods of paying National Insurance pensions would be practicable, using automatic data processing. Decisions on the arrangement to be adopted in future will be taken when the results of this investigation have been studied.