§ Mr. Peter Griffithsasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if she will introduce legislation to ensure that National Assistance Board payments to retirement pensioners or others should include an additional payment in areas where concessionary public transport fares are not in force.
§ Miss HerbisonNo. The grants made by the National Assistance Board are related to individual requirements, and it would be inappropriate for the Board to make general additions to large numbers of old persons' grants solely because they live in an area where there is no concessionary fares scheme.