§ 55. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he has investigated the two cases sent to him by the hon. Member for West Ham, North, showing that a wife whose husband was earning £1,000 per annum received £9 4s. per week National Assistance and that in the other case a man capable of work drew unemployment pay for one and a half years when he had made no contributions to the National Insurance scheme; and what action he proposes to take to stop such abuses of the welfare schemes.
§ Mr. EnnalsI have now written to my hon. Friend about the cases to which he refers.