§ Mr. Channonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether Her Majesty's Government are yet in a position to make a further statement about introducing a blindness allowance.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisI discussed the proposal for a blindness allowance with representatives of the Royal National Institute for the Blind, the National Federation of the Blind and the National League of the Blind and Disabled, at a meeting last July. They put the case for such an allowance very fully to me and I explained that the proposal would be considered in the context of the Government's response to the recommendations of the Pearson Commission. While I can make no further statement at this stage, we shall be responding to the Pearson Commission as soon as possible.