§ Mr. Robin F. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will consider making an automatic payment of the long-term addition to chronically sick and disabled persons transferring to supplementary benefit from invalidity or sickness benefit after two years.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisNo. The long-term supplemenetary benefit scale rates, for which some people under pensionable age qualify, are intended to provide an additional margin of income for those who have been dependent on supplementary benefit for two years or more.