§ 128. Mrs. Lena Jegerasked 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. SwinglerNo. 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.