Mr. Vaneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of allowing spinsters and bachelors who are incapacitated from earning their living to claim the housekeeper allowance at the same rate as is now allowed to widows and widowers irrespective of whether they are disabled or not.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanNo such estimate has been made, nor is there sufficient information about the employment of housekeepers by incapacitated bachelors and spinsters to enable a reliable figure to be calculated.