§ Mr. Buchananasked the Minister of Health when it is proposed to restore the cuts made in National Health Insurance benefits to women which were reduced by the Act of 1931, particularly with regard to the improvement in the financial position of the funds and also seeing that almost every other cut made has been restored?
§ Mr. BernaysThe reductions to which the hon. Member refers were not due to the needs of national economy but to the increased claims for benefit in respect of women by which the solvency of the scheme was endangered. The number of claims has not fallen to an extent sufficient to enable the question of increased benefits to be considered.