§ Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what it would now cost to grant an additional supplement of £1 per week to all war disability pensioners of the 1914–18 war.
§ Mr. G. Thomasasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the current value of the basic disability pension for ex-Service men in terms of the purchasing value of the £ sterling in 1939.
§ Mr. PeakeOn a comparison of the current Retail Prices Index figure with the 1939 cost-of-living index figure 67s. 6d. now would be equivalent to 35s. in 1939.