§ 35. Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will review the basis of the estimates given by his Department as to the cost of abolishing the earnings rule.
§ 45. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he intends to take towards a relaxation of the earnings rule, with a view to its eventual abolition.
§ Mr. OrmeI have nothing to add to what I and my right hon. Friend said during the debate on the Second Reading of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill on 2nd December.—[Vol. 921, c. 1177.]