§ Mrs. Beckettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what he estimates will be the expenditure under his new system of maternity payments for low income families additional to current expenditure on supplementary benefit single payments for maternity needs;
(2) what estimates he is able to make of the overall effect on public expenditure of the abolition of the maternity grant.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 12 June 1986, c. 302]: I have nothing to add to my reply to the hon. Lady on 20 May at column 166.