§ 5. Lieut.-Colonel Sharpasked the Minister of National Insurance why so many old age pensioners in Mirfield, Birstall and Heckmondwike are still without the new pension books which should have been available for them on 7th October; whether his Department is working the fullest amount of overtime to overcome these arrears; when it is expected that this work will be accomplished; and why pension books which his Department state have been dispatched to a particular post office are not available there one week after the time of dispatch.
§ Mr. J. GriffithsI would refer my hon. Friend to the statement which I have made today in reply to Questions by my hon. Friend the Member for Burslem (Mr. Edward Davies) and others. With regard to the last part of the Question my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary has already replied to my hon. Friend's letter on this individual case.