HC Deb 12 December 1962 vol 669 c84W
Mr. Wainwright

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will seek powers to provide that every person who has been continuously unemployed for the four weeks preceding the Christmas holidays shall receive double pay for the pay-week prior to Christmas Day.

Mr. N. Macpherson

No. Extra payments to a particular group of beneficiaries for a particular week would be out of place in a National Insurance Scheme.

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