HC Deb 19 November 1970 vol 806 cc477-8W
Mr. Gwynoro Jones

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, taking account of the proposed increases in prescription charges, school meals, dental treatment and the proposed lowering of the age for free milk, what is his estimate of the effect on a man with two children on average earnings of all the measures recently announced.

Mr. Maurice Macmillan

The effect of my right hon. Friend's measures will vary with the age of the children, the circumstances of the individual family, and the level of average earnings in April, 1971, when the new charges come into effect.