§ 63. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister of Social Security whether, in view of the Government's estimate of a 71 per cent. rise in the cost of living during the current year, she will increase social insurance and welfare benefits by this amount.
§ Mrs. HartMy hon. Friend cannot have derived this estimate from any Government source. For our policy relating to benefits, I would refer him to the Prime Minister's statement of 16th January.—[Vol. 756, c. 1586–6.]