HC Deb 11 December 1968 vol 775 c170W
128. Mrs. Lena Jeger

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, in view of the difficulties of the unemployed finding and starting work over Christmas, he will suspend the wage-stop for Christmas week.

Mr. Swingler

No. It would be wrong to remove the wage-stop over Christmas from people receiving supplementary benefit without also helping the much larger number in similar financial circumstances who are in low-paid employment. We have already shown, by the improvements we have made in family allowances, our concern for this whole group of people, whether unemployed or not.