§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Social Services whether, in view of the fact that contributory retirement pensions could be increased considerably if the annual sums now being expended on the indexing of public servants pensions were used for this purpose, he will take whatever action may prove necessary to achieve this fairer method of allocation of public funds to retired persons.
§ Mr. PrenticeNo. The Government have no plans to take any such action.