§ 70. Sir L. Healdasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what change he has made in the provisions under which a person may be entitled to a reduced rate of retirement pension under the present National Insurance Scheme because of a deficiency of contributions under the old contributory pensions scheme before July, 1948.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI have today laid Regulations amending the transitional Regulations of 1948 so as to enable those contributions which can still90W be accepted for the last contribution year of the old scheme—the 1947–48 year—to count for retirement pension. This should go much of the way towards meeting the difficulty which my right hon. and learned Friend has in mind.