§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what powers she has, and what steps her Department takes, to ensure that supplementary benefit is not paid to citizens of the Republic of Ireland who have entered the United Kingdom with their families for the principal purpose of receiving such benefit.
§ Mr. O'MalleySupplementary Benefit is paid to citizens of the Republic of Ireland on the same conditions and subject to the same controls as anyone else; they are required, if fit, to register for 521W work and to take any suitable work that is offered to them.