§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Minister of Social Security if she will now increase retirement pensions, in view of the rising cost to pensioners of the price of foodstuffs and other basic commodities.
§ Miss HerbisonI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, South (Mr. Winnick) on 6th February.—[Vol. 740, c. 1081–2.]