HC Deb 26 July 1939 vol 230 cc1613-4W
Mr. FOOT

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the cost to the Exchequer of abolishing the existing means limit in relation to old age pensions?

Mr. P. SNOWDEN

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 24th July to the hon. Member for Leith (Mr. E. Brown), a copy of which I am sending him.

Mr. MACLEAN

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the means test imposed upon applicants for and recipients of old age pensions under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1924, will be abolished?

Mr. SNOWDEN

I would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave on Monday, the 15th July, to a similar question from the hon. Member for the Bodmin Division (Mr. Foot).

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