§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Minister of Health whether he will direct the Assistance Board to take into account, under Section 13, Old Age and Widows' Pensions Act, 1940, the scales of public assistance payments now made, so that the increase in such payments may be passed on to claimants for supplementary pensions, who, were it not for the enacting of the Old Age and Widows' Pensions Act, 1940, would have received the extra payments?
§ Mr. E. BrownSection 13 of the Old Age and Widows' Pensions Act, 1940, refers to the rates of outdoor relief granted to individual persons during the six months ending on the 3rd August, 1940, and the Assistance Board have no power under this Section to take into consideration any changes which may have been made in the scales of relief adopted by public assistance authorities since that date.