§ Sir L. Lyleasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the extra cost above the proposals in the Social Security White Paper of raising old age pensions to 30s. per week per person as a minimum without a means test.
§ Sir J. AndersonTo give an old age pension of 30s. to every man of 65 or over and to every woman of 60 or over would cost about £460,000,000 a year initially. This figure exceeds by about 1603W £250,000,000 the estimated initial cost of retirement pensions and assistance pensions under the proposals contained in the White Paper on Social Insurance.