§ Mr. Martenasked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what estimate he has made of the cost of reducing the 389W price of a television licence for retirement pensioners who draw supplementary benefits by one-half, one-third and one-quarter, respectively.
§ Sir J. EdenOn the assumption that two-thirds of supplementary pensioners have monochrome television, the annual cost would be some £4 million, £2¾ million and £2 million, respectively.