§ 76. Mr. Wadeasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what increases he proposes to introduce in the rates of retirement pensions for persons living in the Channel Islands who were formerly resident in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterNone.
§ Mr. Brockwayasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, why under his Regulations, old-age pensioners who leave the United Kingdom for the Union of South Africa prior to the dates of the increases in pensions are denied these increases.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe provisions governing the payment abroad of the increased rates of pension which come into force next month are the same as those 89W which have been made on previous increases from 1946 onwards and the policy on which they are based has not changed. The position in South Africa does not differ from that in other countries where the position has not been modified by a reciprocal agreement.