HC Deb 27 March 1928 vol 162 c295W
Mr. W. A. JENKINS

asked the Minister of Pensions if he will introduce at an early date an Act to amend the Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, as amended in 1919, to provide for the reduction of the present age limit, and for the increase in the amount of the pension to be granted to 15s. weekly?

Major BOYD-CARPENTER

The Government are not in a position to re-open the settlement embodied in the Old Age Pensions Act of 19]9.